maltratar
Spanish, verb/maltɾaˈtaɾ/
maltratar is spelled M-A-L-T-R-A-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,977th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maltratar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mistreat (treat someone or something roughly or badly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tratar mal de palabra u obra”.
What does maltratar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to mistreat (treat someone or something roughly or badly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tratar mal de palabra u obra. 2. Hacer daño a alguien o algo. Echarlo a perder.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of maltratar
- maltrato first-person present singular
- maltraté first-person preterite singular
- maltratado participle past
- maltratando gerund
- maltratada feminine participle past
- maltratados masculine participle past
- maltratadas feminine participle past
- maltratas indicative informal present
- maltratás indicative informal present
- maltrata indicative present singular
- maltratamos first-person indicative plural
- maltratáis indicative plural present
- maltratan indicative plural present
- maltrataba first-person imperfect indicative
- maltratabas imperfect indicative second-person
- maltratábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- maltratabais imperfect indicative plural
- maltrataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maltratar?
- /maltɾaˈtaɾ/
- [mal̪.t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
- [mal̪t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maltratar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maltratar in Spanish?
maltratar appears 1.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).