trato
Spanish, noun
trato is spelled T-R-A-T-O (5 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,814th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “treatment (the process or manner of treating someone or something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tratar. With an accent, trató is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of tratar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Efecto y acción de tratar o convenir”.
What does trato mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetreatment (the process or manner of treating someone or something)
- 2
masculinedeal, bargain, agreement
- 3
masculinebehaviour
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tratar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of tratar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Efecto y acción de tratar o convenir. 2. Convenio o ajuste. 3. Dícese del tratamiento de gentileza.
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 trato
- tratos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trato
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trato in Spanish?
trato appears 48 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).