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tratar

to treat, to deal with, to try

verb Word 213 of the core 1,000 · Stage 2, Everyday

How to conjugate tratar

The present, preterite, imperfect and future, with the English for every form.

Present

yo trato I treat / I am treating / I deal with / I am dealing with / I try / I am trying
tú tratas you treat / you are treating / you deal with / you are dealing with / you try / you are trying
él/ella trata he/she treats / he/she is treating / you treat (formal) / you are treating (formal) / he/she deals with / he/she is dealing with / you deal with (formal) / you are dealing with (formal) / he/she tries / he/she is trying / you try (formal) / you are trying (formal)
nosotros tratamos we treat / we are treating / we deal with / we are dealing with / we try / we are trying
ellos/ellas tratan they treat / they are treating / you all treat / you all are treating / they deal with / they are dealing with / you all deal with / you all are dealing with / they try / they are trying / you all try / you all are trying

Preterite

yo traté I treated / I dealt with / I tried
tú trataste you treated / you dealt with / you tried
él/ella trató he/she treated / you treated (formal) / he/she dealt with / you dealt with (formal) / he/she tried / you tried (formal)
nosotros tratamos we treated / we dealt with / we tried
ellos/ellas trataron they treated / you all treated / they dealt with / you all dealt with / they tried / you all tried

Imperfect

yo trataba I was treating / I used to treat / I was dealing with / I used to deal with / I was trying / I used to try
tú tratabas you were treating / you used to treat / you were dealing with / you used to deal with / you were trying / you used to try
él/ella trataba he/she was treating / he/she used to treat / you were treating (formal) / you used to treat (formal) / he/she was dealing with / he/she used to deal with / you were dealing with (formal) / you used to deal with (formal) / he/she was trying / he/she used to try / you were trying (formal) / you used to try (formal)
nosotros tratábamos we were treating / we used to treat / we were dealing with / we used to deal with / we were trying / we used to try
ellos/ellas trataban they were treating / they used to treat / you all were treating / you all used to treat / they were dealing with / they used to deal with / you all were dealing with / you all used to deal with / they were trying / they used to try / you all were trying / you all used to try

Future

yo trataré I will treat / I will deal with / I will try
tú tratarás you will treat / you will deal with / you will try
él/ella tratará he/she will treat / you will treat (formal) / he/she will deal with / you will deal with (formal) / he/she will try / you will try (formal)
nosotros trataremos we will treat / we will deal with / we will try
ellos/ellas tratarán they will treat / you all will treat / they will deal with / you all will deal with / they will try / you all will try

In a sentence

Siempre trato de ayudar a mi familia.

I always try to help my family.

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