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| Haldor Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5616 days ago 103 posts - 122 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Swedish Studies: French, Spanish | Message 1 of 13 19 January 2012 at 11:56pm | IP Logged |
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I have a Spanish exam tomorrow, and I am studying Spanish irregular verbs, but I haven't found one that means to become? Can anyone help me out?
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| Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4958 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish | Message 2 of 13 20 January 2012 at 12:32am | IP Logged |
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hacerse. irregular verb. Me hago, me hacía, me hice, me haré, me haga
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| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4863 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 3 of 13 20 January 2012 at 1:11am | IP Logged |
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You can use "llegar a ser" or "volverse".
Examples: Después de diez años llegué a ser presidente. After ten years I became president. Después de esto me volveré más fuerte. After this, I'll become stronger. So, you conjugate llegar ("a ser" doesn't change), and volverse is a reflexive verb. Edited by caam_imt on 20 January 2012 at 1:12am 4 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Haldor Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5616 days ago 103 posts - 122 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Swedish Studies: French, Spanish | Message 4 of 13 20 January 2012 at 3:51am | IP Logged |
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What about acaber? Acabo de ser hombre... I became a man? Or convertirse...
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| strikingstar Bilingual Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 5174 days ago 292 posts - 444 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin*, Cantonese, Swahili Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written) | Message 5 of 13 20 January 2012 at 7:30am | IP Logged |
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I think "Acabo de ser hombre" = I have just been a man.
"Ponerse" is another word for 'to become'. As in: Me puse muy contento. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Camundonguinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4750 days ago 273 posts - 500 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish Studies: Swedish | Message 6 of 13 20 January 2012 at 2:48pm | IP Logged |
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It's strange Spanish lacks such an important verb.
In Italian there's diventare, in Brazilian Portuguese: virar: diventare/virar presidente. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| fabriciocarraro Hexaglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member Brazil russoparabrasileirosRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4716 days ago 989 posts - 1454 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishB2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, French Studies: Dutch, German, Japanese | Message 7 of 13 20 January 2012 at 3:04pm | IP Logged |
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In Portuguese it's more common "tornar-se" (also a reflexive verb). I think "virar" is spoken language.
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| Kat0 Diglot Groupie Austria Joined 4711 days ago 89 posts - 97 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Mandarin, Bengali, Russian, Arabic (Written) | Message 8 of 13 20 January 2012 at 3:24pm | IP Logged |
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What about "devenir"? That was the first that came to my mind but it's probably not the most common...
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