{"id":85,"date":"2007-09-19T11:37:46","date_gmt":"2007-09-19T15:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=85"},"modified":"2014-07-18T16:08:10","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T16:08:10","slug":"to-become","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/to-become\/","title":{"rendered":"To Become"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>How do you translate the English verb &#8216;to become&#8217; into Portuguese?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Short Answer: it depends<\/p>\n<p>Long Answer: It is very helpful to examine 5 common applications of <b>to become<\/b> and the most appropriate counterparts in Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p>1. To represent a long gradual change, or a change that results from a great intellectual effort, use the phrasal verb <b>chegar a ser<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ele chegou a ser chefe da empresa<\/b> <em>He became the head of the company<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2. A very Brazilian way of saying &#8216;to become,&#8217; and one that connotes an unexpected or even negative evolution, is <b>virar<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Voc\u00ea virou p\u00e3o duro?<\/b> <em>Have you become a cheapskate?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n3. An involuntary change of state suggests the use of the verb <b>ficar<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Eu fiquei envergonhado<\/b> <em>I became embarrassed<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. For a voluntary change, or a change to which the subject has contributed, the best verb to use is <b>tornar-se<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Ela tornou-se uma excelente m\u00fasico<\/b> <em>She became an excellent musician<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5. When using the phrasal verb <em>to become rich<\/em>, or when speaking to professional change, use <b>fazer-se<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Vou me fazer bilion\u00e1rio escrevendo literatura infantil<\/b> <em>I am going to become a billionaire by writing childrens&#8217; books.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>adapted from &#8216;Um Passo Mais no Portugu\u00eas Moderno&#8217; by Francisco Cota Fagundes<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do you translate the English verb &#8216;to become&#8217; into Portuguese? Short Answer: it depends Long Answer: It is very helpful to examine 5 common applications of to become and the most appropriate counterparts in Portuguese. 1. To represent a long gradual change, or a change that results from a great intellectual effort, use the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/to-become\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1851],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-learning"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5356,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/5356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}