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tratar

to treat

VerbFrequency #23

Transitive verb

  1. 1

    (to deal with a person or thing) to treat

    Siempre trata bien a sus empleados.

    He always treats his employees well.

Intransitive verb

  1. 1

    (to attempt to do something (with 'de')) to try to

    Siempre trato de aprender algo nuevo.

    I always try to learn something new.
  2. 2

    (to be about a topic (with 'de')) to be about

    La película trata de un viaje espacial.

    The movie is about a space journey.

Reflexive verb

  1. 1

    (to be about, to concern (impersonal)) to be about

    Se trata de una cuestión muy importante.

    It's about a very important matter.

1(to deal with a person or thing)to treat

Siempre trata bien a sus empleados.

He always treats his employees well.

El médico trató su enfermedad con un nuevo medicamento.

The doctor treated his illness with a new medicine.

Debemos tratar a los animales con respeto.

We must treat animals with respect.

Debes tratar bien a los animales.

You should treat animals well.

2(to attempt to do something (with 'de'))to try to

Siempre trato de aprender algo nuevo.

I always try to learn something new.

Ella trató de abrir la puerta, pero estaba cerrada.

She tried to open the door, but it was closed.

Nosotros trataremos de llegar a tiempo a la reunión.

We will try to arrive on time for the meeting.

Voy a tratar de dormir.

I am going to try to sleep.

3(to be about a topic (with 'de'))to be about

La película trata de un viaje espacial.

The movie is about a space journey.

Este libro trata de la historia de España.

This book is about the history of Spain.

La conversación trataba de nuestros planes para el futuro.

The conversation was about our plans for the future.

¿De qué trata la película?

What is the movie about?

4(to be about, to concern (impersonal))to be about

Se trata de una cuestión muy importante.

It's about a very important matter.

Se trata de encontrar una solución a este problema.

It's about finding a solution to this problem.

No se trata de quién tiene razón, sino de resolverlo.

It's not about who is right, but about solving it.

El libro trata de un viaje.

The book is about a trip.
Verb

Forms

conditional indicative

1st singulartrataría

2nd singulartratarías

3rd singulartrataría

1st pluraltrataríamos

2nd pluraltrataríais

3rd pluraltratarían

future indicative

1st singulartrataré

2nd singulartratarás

3rd singulartratará

1st pluraltrataremos

2nd pluraltrataréis

3rd pluraltratarán

gerund

tratando

imperative affirmative

2nd singulartrata

1st pluraltratemos

2nd pluraltratad

imperative negative

2nd singularno trates

1st pluralno tratemos

2nd pluralno tratéis

imperfect indicative

1st singulartrataba

2nd singulartratabas

3rd singulartrataba

1st pluraltratábamos

2nd pluraltratabais

3rd pluraltrataban

imperfect subjunctive

1st singulartratara

2nd singulartrataras

3rd singulartratara

1st pluraltratáramos

2nd pluraltratarais

3rd pluraltrataran

infinitive

tratar

participle

tratado

pluperfect indicative

1st singularhabía tratado

2nd singularhabías tratado

3rd singularhabía tratado

1st pluralhabíamos tratado

2nd pluralhabíais tratado

3rd pluralhabían tratado

present indicative

1st singulartrato

2nd singulartratas

3rd singulartrata

1st pluraltratamos

2nd pluraltratáis

3rd pluraltratan

present perfect indicative

1st singularhe tratado

2nd singularhas tratado

3rd singularha tratado

1st pluralhemos tratado

2nd pluralhabéis tratado

3rd pluralhan tratado

present perfect subjunctive

1st singularhaya tratado

2nd singularhayas tratado

3rd singularhaya tratado

1st pluralhayamos tratado

2nd pluralhayáis tratado

3rd pluralhayan tratado

present subjunctive

1st singulartrate

2nd singulartrates

3rd singulartrate

1st pluraltratemos

2nd pluraltratéis

3rd pluraltraten

preterite indicative

1st singulartraté

2nd singulartrataste

3rd singulartrató

1st pluraltratamos

2nd pluraltratasteis

3rd pluraltrataron