tratar

/tɾaˈtaɾ/, [t̪ɾaˈt̪aɾ]

treat, try

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Un invitado no debe tratar de hacerse superior al anfitrión.

A guest should not try to make himself superior to the host.

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Él dijo, "La administración japonesa debe aprender como tratar con los trabajadores americanos".

Japanese management must learn how to deal with American workers, he said.

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¿Deberíamos ir y tratar de encontrar a Tom?

Should we go and try to find Tom?

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Ella es una persona difícil de tratar.

She is a difficult person to deal with.

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¿Cómo vamos a tratar este asunto?

How shall we deal with this matter?

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Necesité mucho coraje para tratar de comer esa extraña comida.

I needed a lot of courage to try eating that strange food.

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La compañía ha enviado varios agentes para tratar el asunto.

The company has sent several representatives to discuss the matter.

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No tiene caso tratar de escapar.

It is no use trying to escape.

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Pensé que iba a tratar de comer comida mejicana hoy.

I thought I'd try eating Mexican food today.

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Déjame tratar otra vez.

Let me try again.

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Si fallo, debería tratar nuevamente.

If I should fail, I would try again.

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Tom no quiere tratar este problema ahora.

Tom doesn't want to deal with this problem now.

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Podrías al menos tratar de ser más cortés, aunque no sea tu naturaleza.

You could at least try to be a bit more polite, even though it's not like you.

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Es vergonzoso tratar tan cruelmente a un niño.

It's shameful to treat a child so cruelly.

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Tom no sabe tratar apropiadamente a sus empleados.

Tom doesn't know how to treat his employees properly.

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Tom es un hombre difícil de tratar.

Tom is a hard man to deal with.

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No hay necesidad de tratar de traducir una frase palabra por palabra.

There's no need to try to translate a phrase word-for-word.

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¿Cómo puede uno tratar el mundo con seriedad cuando el mundo mismo es tan ridículo?

How can one be serious with the world when the world itself is so ridiculous!

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Ya que no podemos contar con ninguna ayuda de los demás, vamos a tratar de hacerlo lo mejor posible.

Since we can expect no help from others, let's try to do our best.

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Deberías tratar de optimizar tu tiempo.

You should try to optimize your time.

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