Tratar conjugation chart
Tratar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I treat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you treat | |
| vos | you treat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she treats | |
| nosotros | we treat | |
| vosotros | you all treat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they treat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tratar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I treated | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you treated | |
| vos | you treated | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she treated | |
| nosotros | we treated | |
| vosotros | you all treated | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they treated |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tratar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to treat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to treat | |
| vos | you used to treat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to treat | |
| nosotros | we used to treat | |
| vosotros | you all used to treat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to treat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tratar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will treat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will treat | |
| vos | you will treat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will treat | |
| nosotros | we will treat | |
| vosotros | you all will treat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will treat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tratar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would treat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would treat | |
| vos | you would treat | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would treat | |
| nosotros | we would treat | |
| vosotros | you all would treat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would treat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tratar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I treat | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you treat | |
| vos | that you treat | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she treat | |
| nosotros | that we treat | |
| vosotros | that you all treat | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they treat |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Tratar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I treated | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you treated | |
| vos | if you treated | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she treated | |
| nosotros | if we treated | |
| vosotros | if you all treated | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they treated |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (tratase), more common in writing.
Tratar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | treat! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | treat! | |
| usted | treat! | |
| nosotros | let's treat! | |
| vosotros | treat! | |
| ustedes | treat! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: trata. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (trate, tratemos, traten).
Tratar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't treat! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't treat! | |
| usted | don't treat! | |
| nosotros | let's not treat! | |
| vosotros | don't treat! | |
| ustedes | don't treat! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + trates, trate…
Always the verb haber + the past participle tratado, which never changes.
Tratar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he tratado |
|---|---|
| tú | has tratado |
| vos | has tratado |
| él, ella, usted | ha tratado |
| nosotros | hemos tratado |
| vosotros | habéis tratado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han tratado |
Tratar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había tratado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías tratado |
| vos | habías tratado |
| él, ella, usted | había tratado |
| nosotros | habíamos tratado |
| vosotros | habíais tratado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían tratado |
Tratar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré tratado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás tratado |
| vos | habrás tratado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá tratado |
| nosotros | habremos tratado |
| vosotros | habréis tratado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán tratado |
Tratar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría tratado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías tratado |
| vos | habrías tratado |
| él, ella, usted | habría tratado |
| nosotros | habríamos tratado |
| vosotros | habríais tratado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían tratado |
Tratar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya tratado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas tratado |
| vos | hayas tratado |
| él, ella, usted | haya tratado |
| nosotros | hayamos tratado |
| vosotros | hayáis tratado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan tratado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
Tratar de + infinitive means “to try”: trato de hablar despacio. And se trata de is “it's about,” not “it treats.”
Examples with tratar
Trato de hablar despacio.
I try to speak slowly.
La película trata de una familia.
The movie is about a family.
Tratamos de llegar a tiempo.
We tried to get there on time.
Practice tratar
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