No. 959 in Catalan

tractar

"Tractar" means "to treat" or "to deal with."

In a sentence

Cal tractar els altres amb respecte.
It is necessary to treat others with respect.
In this sentence, 'tractar' means to 'treat' something or someone in a specific manner.
Aquest llibre tracta sobre la història medieval.
This book is about medieval history.
Here, 'tractar' means to 'be about' or to have a topic as its subject.
Van tractar de resoldre el problema junts.
They tried to solve the problem together.
In this example, 'tractar de' means 'to try to' or to make an attempt to do something.

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