trattare
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tractāre (“to drag; to handle; to practise”), from tractus (“dragged”), perfect passive participle of trahō (“to drag; to extract”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tratˈta.re/[1]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: trat‧tà‧re
Verb
trattàre (first-person singular present tràtto, first-person singular past historic trattài, past participle trattàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to treat, to handle, to deal with
- Synonym: maneggiare
- (transitive) to handle, to transact, to negotiate, to discuss
- Synonyms: contrattare, negoziare, discutere
- (transitive) to deal in, to trade
- Synonyms: commerciare, occuparsi di
- (transitive) to treat, to cure, to process
- Synonym: lavorare
- (intransitive) to deal, to have dealings, to associate, to discuss, to negotiate [auxiliary avere]
- (intransitive) to be about, to deal with, to treat [auxiliary avere]
- Synonym: riguardare
Conjugation
Conjugation of trattàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
References
Further reading
- trattare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana