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tratarse

to be about, to concern, to be a matter of, to treat each other

→ tratar
trat treat; handle + ar Infinitive + se Reflexive marker
verb Rare #50,294
to be about, to concern, to be a matter of Often used in the construction tratarse de.
SP: Puede tratarse de un error.
EN: It could be a mistake.
to treat each other Used with a plural subject.
SP: Aprendieron a tratarse con respeto.
EN: They learned to treat each other with respect.
Conjugation of tratar
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First trato tratamos
Second tratas —
Third trata tratan
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First trato tratamos
Second tratas —
Third trata tratan
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second trata —
Third trate traten
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First trataba —
Third trataba trataban
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First trataba —
Third trataba trataban
tratara
Present
tratando
Subjunctive
SingularPlural
Second trates —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First traté tratamos
Second trataste —
Third trató trataron
Indicative future
SingularPlural
First trataré trataremos
Third — tratarán
Subjunctive future
SingularPlural
First trataré trataremos
Third — tratarán
Conditional
SingularPlural
First trataría —
Third trataría —

O puede tratarse de un loco.

Or he might be a madman.

— Duro de matar (1988)

Tenía que haber mejores maneras de tratarse unos a otros.

There had to be better ways to treat one another.

Esto no puede tratarse de mis zapatos.

This can't be about my shoes.

Podría tratarse de una pista útil.

It could be a useful clue.

— El guardián invisible (2017)

¿Sabemos de qué puede tratarse?

Do we know what it could be about?

— Anaconda (2025)