se trataba

was about

→ se
phrase Rare #25,481
was about Often used with de to mean what something was about or involved.
SP: Al final, se trataba de un error simple.
EN: In the end, it was a simple mistake.

No, se trataba del amor.

No, it was about love.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Me pregunto si verdaderamente se trataba de una coincidencia.

I wonder if it was truly a coincidence.

Sí, se trataba de nosotros.

Yes, it was about us.

— Mike y Nick y Nick y Alice (2026)

En realidad, solo se trataba de un rumor.

Actually, it was just a rumor.

Al principio no entendía de qué se trataba.

At first I didn't understand what it was about.

— Solaris (1972)

Pienso que se trataba de un hombre importante.

I think he was an important man.

— Investigación sobre un ciudadano libre de toda sospecha (1970)

Sabía que se trataba de Tom.

I knew it was Tom.

Le expliqué a ella de lo que se trataba.

I explained to her what it was about.

De eso se trataba.

That's what it was all about.

— El jardín de los pecadores: Paradigma paradoja (Paradoja espiral) (2008)

Pero como siempre sucede, se trataba de una verdad incompleta.

But as always happens, it was an incomplete truth.

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Se trataba de ti y de mí.

It was about you and me.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Y al principio se trataba de Luke y yo.

And in the beginning it was just Luke and me.

— Eternity (2025)