Portuguese | English |
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tratar verb | nurse [nursed, nursing, nurses](to care for the sick) process [processed, processing, processes](to perform a particular process) treat [treated, treating, treats](to negotiate) |
tratar bem verb | nurse [nursed, nursing, nurses](to treat kindly and with extra care) |
tratar condescendentemente verb | patronize [patronized, patronizing, patronizes](to assume a tone of unjustified superiority) |
tratar de verb | handle [handled, handling, handles](to deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art) treat [treated, treating, treats](to handle a subject in writing or speaking) |
tratar por tu verb | thou(to address (a person) using the familiar second-person pronoun) |
tratar por/de verb | style [styled, styling, styles](to call or give a name or title) |
contratar verb | employ [employed, employing, employs](to give someone work) engage [engaged, engaging, engages](to employ or obtain the services of someone) hire [hired, hiring, hires](to obtain the services of in return for fixed payment) |
destratar verb | mistreat [mistreated, mistreating, mistreats](treat someone or something roughly or badly) |
maltratar verb | bully [bullied, bullying, bullies](to act aggressively towards) maltreat [maltreated, maltreating, maltreats](treat badly) maul [mauled, mauling, mauls](handle in a rough way) mistreat [mistreated, mistreating, mistreats](treat someone or something roughly or badly) torment [tormented, tormenting, torments](to cause severe suffering) wrong [wronged, wronging, wrongs](to treat unjustly) |
retratar verb | portray [portrayed, portraying, portrays](to paint or draw the likeness of) |
retratar verb {m} | depict [depicted, depicting, depicts](to render a representation of something, see also: describe) |
subcontratar verb | subcontract [subcontracted, subcontracting, subcontracts](contract out portions of a larger contracted project) |