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tratar.

to treat (to handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/tɾaˈta(ʁ)/Brazil[tɾaˈta(h)]Brazil/tɾaˈta(ɾ)/São-Paulo/tɾaˈta(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to treat (to handle, deal with or behave towards in a specific way)

    Vi um senhor tratando seus filhos muito mal.
  2. to deal with, to handle, to take care of

  3. to treat (to apply medical care to a person)

    A enfermeira tratou as vítimas da explosão.
  4. to treat (to apply medical care in order to eliminate a condition)

    O oncologista quis que eu usasse químio para tratar o câncer.
  5. to treat (to subject to a chemical or other action)

    transitive
    Tratei o meu cabelo com um xampu importado.
  6. to negotiate, to deal, to have dealings

    intransitive
  7. to negotiate (with one another)

    reciprocal · reflexive
    Nós nos tratamos pela Internet.
  8. to address

    transitive
    Reis devem ser tratados como “Vossa Majestade”.
  9. to behave (to conduct oneself in a given way)

    pronominal
    Seus filhos se trataram bem no funeral.
  10. to take care of; to care for (to attend to the needs of)

    intransitive · transitive
    Depois que ficou velho, mandou o filho tratar do negócio da família.
  11. to cover, to deal with, to concern, to be about (to have as its subject)

    intransitive · transitive
    Este livro trata de vários temas.
    Este livro trata o tema da matemática.
  12. to cover, to deal with, to concern, to be about (to have as its subject)

    pronominal
    Este artigo se trata da guerra.
  13. to talk about; to discuss

    intransitive
    O professor tratou de matrizes.
  14. promptly; usually used to emphasise orders

    Trate de terminar suas tarefas.
  15. to feed (to give someone, especially an animal, food to eat)

    Brazil · transitive
    O gato miava alto para que eu o tratasse.
Where this word comes from

Semi-learned form modified from older tractar, borrowed from Latin tractāre (“to drag; to handle; to practice”), from tractus (“dragged”), perfect passive participle of trahō (“to drag; to extract”).

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