tratar de

v.

1 to try to, to attempt to, to endeavor to, to make an attempt to.

Ellos tratan de viajar de noche They try to travel by night.

2 to address as, to call.

María trata a Ricardo de tonto Mary addresses Richard as a fool.

3 to deal with, to be about, to have to do with, to deal about.

El texto trata de la violencia The text is about violence.

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1) to try to, attempt

2) be about

3) address as

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(v.) = be about, be concerned with, deal with, take up, bear on, deal in

Ex. The first problem in practical subject indexing is to decide exactly what the document is about.

Ex. Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.

Ex. Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.

Ex. I'll take the last item up first.

Ex. There have been a number of reference books/bibliographies produced which bear on this problem.

Ex. Slake's Limbo belongs to a large category of fiction that deals in exile, whether enforced or self-sought.

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(v.) = be about, be concerned with, deal with, take up, bear on, deal in

Ex: The first problem in practical subject indexing is to decide exactly what the document is about.

Ex: Now we are concerned in this work with the organisation of knowledge and information retrieval in a specific context.

Ex: Part II deals with entry and heading for all types of materials.

Ex: I'll take the last item up first.

Ex: There have been a number of reference books/bibliographies produced which bear on this problem.

Ex: Slake's Limbo belongs to a large category of fiction that deals in exile, whether enforced or self-sought.