traktuje

Traktuje is the third-person singular present tense form of the Polish verb traktować, meaning to treat, to regard, to handle, or to deal with. The sense of the verb spans social behavior, evaluation, and processing of matters or objects. It is used in a wide range of contexts, from interpersonal relations to how someone approaches a problem or a situation.

Common meanings include treating someone in a particular way (traktować kogoś poważnie, treating someone seriously), treating something as something else (traktować coś jako coś), or handling and dealing with a matter (traktować sprawę priorytetowo). The verb is transitive and typically takes a direct object in the accusative, for example: "traktuje go jak partnera" (he treats him as a partner) or "traktuje to jako żart" (he treats it as a joke).

Grammatical notes: traktować is imperfective, and traktuje is the present tense form for he/she/it. In contrast, a perfective variant is potraktować, meaning to treat (someone) in a particular way at some point or to deal with something completely. Passive-like forms exist with potraktowany, as in został potraktowany (he was treated/tackled).

Etymology: the verb is native to Polish with related forms across Slavic languages. The root trakt- is associated with handling or dealing with something, and the suffix -ować marks it as a standard Polish verb.

See also: forms and usage of the related verb potraktować, and common idioms such as traktować poważnie and traktować coś jako.