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/tɾaˈtaɾ/, [t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]

treat, try

Gerund: tratando

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular tratado tratada
Plural tratados tratadas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo trato trataba traté trataré trataría
tú tratas tratabas trataste tratarás tratarías
él/ella/Ud. trata trataba trató tratará trataría
nosotros tratamos tratábamos tratamos trataremos trataríamos
vosotros tratáis tratabais tratasteis trataréis trataríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. tratan trataban trataron tratarán tratarían
vos tratás tratabas trataste tratarás tratarías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo trate tratara tratase tratare
tú trates trataras tratases tratares
él/ella/Ud. trate tratara tratase tratare
nosotros tratemos tratáramos tratásemos tratáremos
vosotros tratéis tratarais trataseis tratareis
ellos/ellas/Uds. traten trataran tratasen trataren
vos tratés trataras tratases tratares

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú trata no trates
Ud. trate no trate
nosotros tratemos no tratemos
vosotros tratad no tratéis
Uds. traten no traten
vos tratá no trates

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Voy a honrar la Navidad en mi corazón, y tratar de celebrarla todo el año. Voy a vivir en el Pasado, el Presente y el Futuro. Los Espíritus de los Tres competirán dentro de mí. No voy a dejar fuera las lecciones que enseñan.

    I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach.

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  • Los maestros deberían tratar sus alumnos de manera justa.

    Teachers should deal fairly with their pupils.

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  • ¡Tienes que tratar!

    You have to try!

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  • Hay un problema con la impresora. Voy a tratar de arreglarlo.

    There's a problem with the printer, I'm gonna try and fix it.

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  • Él es difícil de tratar.

    He is hard to get along with.

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  • Debemos tratar este problema como un todo.

    We must treat these problems as a whole.

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  • Tom es difícil de tratar.

    Tom is hard to handle.

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  • Podrías tratar de ser un poco más civilizado.

    You could try and be a bit more civilized.

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  • Existe una necesidad urgente de encontrar un método más efectivo para tratar esta enfermedad.

    There is an urgent need for a more effective method of treating this disease.

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  • Tiene que estar loco para tratar a sus padres así.

    He must be crazy to treat his parents like this.

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