lui trattava

treated, was treating, was about, concerned

→ trattare
tratt to treat + ava 3rd-person singular imperfect
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #25,419
treated, was treating The imperfect form of “trattare.”
IT: Il medico trattava tutti con gentilezza.
EN: The doctor treated everyone kindly.
was about, concerned Used impersonally as “si trattava di” to say what something was about.
IT: La riunione si trattava di un nuovo progetto.
EN: The meeting was about a new project.
Conjugation of trattare
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third trattava —

Sa esattamente di cosa si trattava.

He knows exactly what it was about.

— Il vento che accarezza l'erba (2006)

Ma si trattava, più che altro, di paranoia, visto che bastava poco.

But it was, more than anything, paranoia, since it didn't take much.

— Senna (2010)

Quindi vi amavate, non si trattava soltanto di sesso.

So you loved each other; it wasn't just about sex.

— Una donna fantastica (2017)

Non eri neanche curiosa di sapere di che si trattava?

Weren’t you even curious to know what it was about?

— Aquarius (2016)

Lei lo trattava come una pezza per lavare per terra.

She treated him like a floor rag.

— È stata la mano di Dio (2021)

Tom trattava male il suo cane.

Tom treated his dog badly.

Mamma diceva che lei trattava suo marito come la pezza per lavare a terra.

Mom used to say that she treated her husband like a floor rag.

— È stata la mano di Dio (2021)

Ziri trattava da schifo Rima.

Ziri treated Rima like shit.

Il nuovo libro di Raleigh trattava della"sindrome di Heinsbergen".

Raleigh’s new book was about “Heinsbergen syndrome.”

— I Tenenbaum (2001)

Ti trattava come un figlio.

He treated you like a son.

— Bullet Train (2022)