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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmaltrattare
Pronunciation / Transliteration: mal-trattare
"È inaccettabile maltrattare gli animali."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To treat a person or animal cruelly or with violence.
"The organization works to protect children from being maltreated in any form." - 2
To handle or deal with something in a harmful or abusive manner.
"The neglected pets were maltreated by their previous owners."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The word 'maltreat' originates from the prefix 'mal-' meaning 'badly' or 'wrongly' combined with 'treat', which comes from Old French 'traiter', meaning 'to handle' or 'to deal with'. The term has evolved since the late 15th century to denote the act of treating someone with cruelty or violence.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Maltreat" is said worldwide
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maltraiter
Transliteration: mal-traiter
"Il est illégal de maltraiter les animaux."
misshandeln
Transliteration: miss-handeln
"Es ist falsch, Tiere zu misshandeln."
maltrattare
Transliteration: mal-trattare
"È inaccettabile maltrattare gli animali."
maltratar
Transliteration: mal-tratar
"No se debe maltratar a los animales."
maltratar
Transliteration: mal-tratar
"É errado maltratar os animais."
दुरुपयोग करना
Transliteration: durupyog karna
"जानवरों के साथ दुरुपयोग करना गलत है।"
虐待
Transliteration: nüèdài
"虐待动物是不可接受的。"
학대하다
Transliteration: hakdaehada
"동물을 학대하는 것은 잘못된 일입니다."
虐待する
Transliteration: gyakutai suru
"動物を虐待することは許されません。"
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