mistreat

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• /mɪsˈtɹiːt/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth2-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English treat English mistreat From mis- + treat.

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: بَهْدَلَ (bahdala) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Bulgarian: държа се лошо с (dǎrža se lošo s) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Catalan: maltractar — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Cebuano: dagmal — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Cebuano: tampalas — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Chinese Mandarin: 虐待 (nüèdài) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Danish: mishandle — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Dutch: mishandelen — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Esperanto: mistrakti — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Finnish: kohdella kaltoin — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• French: maltraiter — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Galician: maltratar — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• German: misshandeln — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• German: schinden — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (ganaitjan) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Ancient Greek: προυσελέω (prouseléō) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Ancient Greek: αἰκίζω (aikízō) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Haitian Creole: maltrete — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Interlingua: maltratar — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Italian: maltrattare — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Khmer: ធ្វើបាប (thvəə baap) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Latin: malo tractare — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Māori: rurerure — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Māori: tūkino — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Old English: misbēodan — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Portuguese: destratar — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Portuguese: maltratar — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Portuguese: judiar — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Quechua: allquchakuy — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Romanian: maltrata — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Russian: пло́хо обраща́ться (plóxo obraščátʹsja) — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Spanish: maltratar — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Spanish: lagarear — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Spanish: sopetear — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Spanish: sopapear — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Spanish: brear — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Vietnamese: ngược đãi — treat someone or something roughly or badly
• Chinese Mandarin: 治療不當 /治疗不当 (zhìliáo bùdàng) — administer an incorrect treatment to a patient
• Finnish: hoitaa väärin — administer an incorrect treatment to a patient