tractar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tractāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾəkˈta]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾakˈtaɾ]

Verb

tractar (first-person singular present tracto, first-person singular preterite tractí, past participle tractat)

to treat, to handle
(intransitive) to try [with de]
Synonyms: provar, intentar

El govern tracta de desenvolupar noves indústries. ― The government is trying to develop new industries.
(reflexive) to be about, to concern; to be [with de]
to have dealings, to have to do with
el vaig tractar breument ― I briefly had to do with him

Conjugation

Conjugation of tractar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			tractar
gerund			tractant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tractat		tractada
		plural		tractats		tractades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tracto	tractes	tracta	tractem	tracteu	tracten
	imperfect	tractava	tractaves	tractava	tractàvem	tractàveu	tractaven
	future	tractaré	tractaràs	tractarà	tractarem	tractareu	tractaran
	preterite	tractí	tractares	tractà	tractàrem	tractàreu	tractaren
	conditional	tractaria	tractaries	tractaria	tractaríem	tractaríeu	tractarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	tracti	tractis	tracti	tractem	tracteu	tractin
	imperfect	tractés	tractessis	tractés	tractéssim	tractéssiu	tractessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	tracta	tracti	tractem	tracteu	tractin
	negative (no)	—	no tractis	no tracti	no tractem	no tracteu	no tractin

Derived terms

Further reading

“tractar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
“tractar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
“tractar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“tractar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Verb

tractar (first-person singular present tracto, first-person singular preterite tractei, past participle tractado)

obsolete spelling of tratar

Conjugation

Conjugation of tractar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	tractar
Personal	tractar	tractares	tractar	tractarmos	tractardes	tractarem
Gerund
	tractando
Past participle
Masculine	tractado			tractados
Feminine	tractada			tractadas
Indicative
Present	tracto	tractas	tracta	tractamos	tractais	tractam
Imperfect	tractava	tractavas	tractava	tractávamos	tractáveis	tractavam
Preterite	tractei	tractaste	tractou	tractamos¹, tractámos²	tractastes	tractaram
Pluperfect	tractara	tractaras	tractara	tractáramos	tractáreis	tractaram
Future	tractarei	tractarás	tractará	tractaremos	tractareis	tractarão
Conditional	tractaria	tractarias	tractaria	tractaríamos	tractaríeis	tractariam
Subjunctive
Present	tracte	tractes	tracte	tractemos	tracteis	tractem
Imperfect	tractasse	tractasses	tractasse	tractássemos	tractásseis	tractassem
Future	tractar	tractares	tractar	tractarmos	tractardes	tractarem
Imperative
Affirmative		tracta	tracte	tractemos	tractai	tractem
Negative (não)		não tractes	não tracte	não tractemos	não tracteis	não tractem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Borrowed from English tractor.

Noun

tractar m (genitive singular tractair, plural tractaran)

tractor