tratar
Spanish, verb/tɾaˈtaɾ/
tratar is spelled T-R-A-T-A-R (6 letters) and appears 72 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,218th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tratar is a Spanish verb meaning “to treat (to handle, behave toward in a specific way)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disponer o hacer uso de alguna cosa”.
What does tratar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to treat (to handle, behave toward in a specific way)
- 2
to treat (to apply medical care)
- 3
to treat (to submit to a chemical action)
- 4
to address, to refer to as
- 5
to deal with
- 6
to be about
- 7
to try, to seek, to attempt, to strive, to endeavor
- 8
to be
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disponer o hacer uso de alguna cosa. 2. Relacionarse con alguien. 3. Dirigirse a alguien de acuerdo a algún registro particular. 4. Motejar, etiquetar.
verb: 1. Procurar el logro de algún fin. 2. Comerciar.
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 tratar
- trato first-person present singular
- traté first-person preterite singular
- tratado participle past
- tratando gerund
- tratada feminine participle past
- tratados masculine participle past
- tratadas feminine participle past
- tratas indicative informal present
- tratás indicative informal present
- trata indicative present singular
- tratamos first-person indicative plural
- tratáis indicative plural present
- tratan indicative plural present
- trataba first-person imperfect indicative
- tratabas imperfect indicative second-person
- tratábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- tratabais imperfect indicative plural
- trataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tratar?
- /tɾaˈtaɾ/
- [t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tratar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tratar in Spanish?
tratar appears 72 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).