1 (treatment) trato (m); (manipulation) manejo (m); (exposure to hands) manoseo (m) the care and handling of antique textiles el cuidado y el trato de tejidos antiguos; the problem of safe handling of radioactive waste el problema del manejo seguro de los residuos radiactivos; all that handling has not improved the book's condition tanto manoseo no ha favorecido para nada el estado de conservación del libro
he unfolded a single sheet which had seen much handling
rough handling mal trato (m)
the book's binding has held up despite rough handling
2 (management) [of situation, animal, money] manejo (m); [of person] trato (m) the minister was criticized for his handling of the economy el ministro fue criticado por su forma de manejar or llevar la economía
she should be congrtatulated on her handling of the affair this is testimony to their incredibly inept handling of the case to date people were unhappy with the government's handling of the crisis he's a child who requires very firm handling it was the women who came in for the roughest handling by the protection squad His sympathetic handling of horses almost certainly prolongs their racing careers the owners were rather rough in their handling of the animals someone with experience in the handling of large sums of money he has to face the executive committee over his handling of the NUM's finances there is a dispute over their handling of union's funds
3 (Comm) porte (m) on mail orders, add $3 for postage and handling
4 (Aut) [of car] conducción (f); manejo (m); (LAm) the handling was a little sluggish I have no criticisms of its handling and performance The Siskin revealed handling and performance characteristics which he thought were superior to any machines in service at that time As it approached 500 mph its handling was impeccable, free from any tendency to buffet