{"id":6907,"date":"2013-05-09T08:00:30","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2014-07-15T15:33:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T19:33:33","slug":"los-verbos-de-cambio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/los-verbos-de-cambio\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Verbos de Cambio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los verbios de cambio<\/em> are the ones that express a change or transformation. They are usually translated as “to become”, “to get”, “to go” or “to turn” in English.<\/p>\n

In this post let’s compare some cases where the use of a specific verb changes the whole meaning of a sentences.<\/p>\n

01.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quedarse contento \/ triste<\/strong> = Dej\u00e9 a mi abuelo en casa de mis t\u00edos y se qued\u00f3 contento. [I dropped my grandpa off at my uncle’s house and he was\/got happy.]\u00a0<\/em>It expresses a lasting state of happiness \/ sadness.<\/p>\n

Ponerse contento \/ triste<\/strong> = Le llev\u00e9 el libro a mi abuelo y se puso contento. [I took the book to my grandfather and he got happy.]\u00a0<\/em>It expresses an immediate state of happiness \/ sadness. My grandfather was not expecting me to bring him the book.<\/p>\n

02.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hacerse rico<\/strong> = Trabaj\u00f3 toda su vida y se hizo rico. [He worked all his life and got rich.]\u00a0<\/em>We use hacerse when people take responsibility of the action. Obviously he had a fundamental role in the process of getting rich.<\/p>\n

Volverse rico<\/strong> = Gan\u00f3 la loter\u00eda y se volvi\u00f3 rico. [He won the lottery and became rich.]\u00a0<\/em>In this case he became rich out of the blue and had nothing to do with it, it was just luck.<\/p>\n

03.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ponerse malo<\/strong> = La comida estaba estropeada y se puso malo. [The food was bad and he got sick.]\u00a0<\/em>Ponerse<\/em> usually refers to a physical state change. We can say ponerse triste<\/em> (to get sad), ponerse alegre<\/em> (to get happy).<\/p>\n

Volverse malo<\/strong> = Era un pan de Dios y se volvi\u00f3 malo. [He was an angel and he became bad.]\u00a0<\/em>We use volverse<\/em> for a psychological change of state.<\/p>\n

04.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hacerse tarde<\/strong> = Me voy porque se me hace tarde. [I’m leaving because it’s getting late.]\u00a0<\/em>Hacerse in this example conveys an impression or an opini\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

Quedarse (hasta) tarde<\/strong> = Me qued\u00e9 en la fiesta hasta muy tarde. [I stayed at the party until very late.]\u00a0<\/em>In this case, quedarse means to physically stay at a place.<\/p>\n

05.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hacerse profesor<\/strong> = Termin\u00f3 el magisterio y se hizo profesor. [He finished his education and became a teacher.]\u00a0<\/em>In this case hacerse means to have a desired result after a process. You could also say that \u00e9l se hizo m\u00e9dico, se hizo abogado<\/em>, etc.<\/p>\n

Meterse a profesor<\/strong> = Por ser ingl\u00e9s se meti\u00f3 a profesor. [Because he was English, he set out\/became a teacher.]\u00a0Meterse a ser algo<\/em> usually means that the person doesn’t have the right qualifications or takes advantage of something to do something professionally.<\/p>\n

06.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Volverse loco<\/strong> = Me vuelvo loco cuando me enga\u00f1an. [I go crazy when people deceive me.]<\/em> As you saw with “volverse malo”, this verb shows a psychological change.<\/p>\n

Hacerse el loco<\/strong> = Cada vez que le pregunto eso se hace el loco. [Every time I ask him this, he plays dumb.]<\/em> In this case, hacerse el loco<\/em> has an idiomatic use, “to play dumb” and gives a whole new meaning to the sentence.<\/p>\n

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Los verbios de cambio are the ones that express a change or transformation. They are usually translated as “to become”, “to get”, “to go” or “to turn” in English. In this post let’s compare some cases where the use of a specific verb changes the whole meaning of a sentences. 01. Quedarse contento \/ triste…<\/p>\n

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