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maltratar.

to mistreat (treat someone or something roughly or badly)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/maw.tɾaˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[maʊ̯.tɾaˈta(h)]Brazil/maw.tɾaˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo[maʊ̯.tɾaˈta(ɾ)]São-Paulo
  1. to mistreat (treat someone or something roughly or badly)

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)molos? Proto-Italic *malos Archaic Latin malos Latin malus Latin malebor. Portuguese mal- Portuguese tratar Portuguese maltratar From mal- + tratar.

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