él trató

tried, treated

→ tratar
trat treat; handle + ó 3rd person singular past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #25,975
tried Simple past (preterite) of "tratar".
SP: Trató de llamarme, pero yo no contesté.
EN: He tried to call me, but I didn't answer.
treated Simple past (preterite) of "tratar".
SP: El doctor lo trató con mucho cuidado.
EN: The doctor treated him very carefully.
Conjugation of tratar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First traté tratamos
Second trataste —
Third trató —

De qué se trató lo de hoy?

What was it about today?

Ella trató su herida.

She treated his wound.

En vano trató él de convencerlos de su inocencia.

He tried in vain to convince them of his innocence.

Ahora bien, la policía no lo trató bien en ese momento.

However, the police did not treat him well at that time.

— Incontrolable (I Swear) (2025)

Tom trató a Mary como a una princesa.

Tom treated Mary like a princess.

Era extranjera y como tal se le trató.

She was a foreigner and was treated as such.

Tom no puede sobreponerse a la manera en que Mary lo trató.

Tom can't get over the way Mary treated him.

El profesor la trató como una más de sus estudiantes.

The professor treated her like just another one of his students.

La profesora la trató como una más de sus estudiantes.

The teacher treated her like just another one of her students.

Ella le trató como a un rey.

She treated him like a king.

Y Jimmy no la trató bien.

And Jimmy didn't treat her well.

— Una cuestión de tiempo (2013)

Lo trató como una misa.

He treated it like a Mass.

— TÁR (2022)