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How to Say ‘I'm going to handle social media’ in Portuguese

Vou tratar das redes sociais

voh truh-TAR dahsh RAY-desh soo-SYAISH

[voh truh-TAR dahsh RAY-desh soo-SYAISH]

💬 Usage Tip: tratar needs de after it to mean "handle", and de plus as merges into das. With a masculine word it becomes dos: tratar dos anúncios.

Phrase Breakdown

Vou tratar

voh truh-TAR

I'm going to handle

'Tratar de' means 'to take care of / handle'. The second 'a' in 'tratar' carries the stress: 'trə-TAR'.

Example

Vou tratar disso.

I'll take care of that.

Words in this phrase

Vou

[voh]

I'm going to

'I' form of ir (to go), used for near future.

Example

Vou comer agora.

I'm going to eat now.

tratar

[truh-TAR]

to take care of, to handle

With 'de', means to be in charge of or deal with something.

Example

Eu trato dos clientes.

I handle the clients.

das redes sociais

dahsh RAY-desh soo-SYAISH

the social media

'Das' = 'de' + 'as'. In Portugal a final 's' sounds like 'sh': 'dash RE-dəsh su-SIAISH'.

Example

Uso muito as redes sociais.

I use social media a lot.

Words in this phrase

das

[dahsh]

of the (feminine plural)

'de' + 'as'; after 'depois' it means 'after the'.

Example

Depois das oito.

After eight.

redes

[RAY-desh]

networks

Plural of 'rede'; with 'sociais' it means social media.

Example

Ele passa horas nas redes sociais.

He spends hours on social media.

sociais

[soo-SYAISH]

social

Plural of 'social', describing society or networking.

Example

Temos eventos sociais na empresa.

We have social events at the company.

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