Coffee Break Spanish - 4 ways to translate 'to become' in Spanish | CBS Show 2.09

Episode Date: July 25, 2024

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Welcome to Coffee Break Spanish. Welcome to the Coffee Break Spanish show. I'm Concha. And I'm Annabel. What, Concha? I'm very well, Annabel. How are you? I'm very well.

And as always, with the new episode here in Coffee Break Spanish. That's. We're in the Coffee Break Spanish show. And in these weekly episodes, we help you improve your Spanish one coffee break at a time.

That's and if you are watching the video version, then remember to subscribe to our channel on YouTube. And if you are listening to the podcast, then remember also to subscribe whatever you get your podcast. That is. So Anabel, what are we going to talk about today? So today we are going to be talking and to, like we are going to learn how to say or to express to become in Spanish. We have different verbs, different instructors. So we are going to say that. So it's a very interesting. Empezamos? Empecemos. So as I just said,

To become can be a little bit tricky in Spanish because, as you know, there are like different ways of expressing this. So many, with so many nuances as well. So is. But let's start with one. Okay? Me parese bien. And the first one that we have prepared is Convertisse en. So two things here to keep in mind.

Convertis is a reflexive verb. And then we are using the proposition en. Okay. So to become is convertice in. when it indicates on when it shows a radical change or a complete change and can also be translated into like for turn into. We're going to see this in some context. Don't worry.

Yes, yes. So the first example is. So the first example is Joaquin has converted in a star. Joaquin has become an international star. So we can see this radical. change before he was not an international star and now he so it's that he became he became an international star. Yes, it's kind of like a radical change.

It doesn't have to happen in an instant. Yes, yes. But yeah, it means that it's a big change. So there we have Convertis in. But watch out that proposition because if we change it, then we have something different. That is, yes, yes, yes, yes. So it's convertice a, then is used for change in your religious beliefs. The example is, no convertimos al Christianism.

We converted to Christianity. So convertice a for religious beliefs and convertice in is to become but that radical change. And there's another way to show that. Yeah, exactly. There is another verb that we use to indicate more or less the same thing, which is but we use it in a set phrase that is,

Jelgaar a Cef. And this one is similar to convertice in, however, the meaning is slightly different because we are emphasizing that the change, the change happened after a great effort.

So, for example, if I say, after much work, Rosa, J. Gégo to be the presidenta del Paix. Go Rosa. So in this case, we have Juego to Cere, which we would say she became the president of the country in English.

And we want to emphasize that she worked really hard for it. And that's why we are using Jegaa Cere instead of Convertis E. In fact, I think that we could even use Convertis de N in this example, but then we are not emphasizing that much that Rosa worked very hard to become that president. Exactly. So they are like kind of interchangeable, but Ja'a Se is more that emphasized. Yes.

Okay, good. Exactly. So now let's talk about like a different type of change and these are changes in age, profession, wealth, or change in ideology. And for this we are going to be using a fercere. Again, a reflexive verb. Yes. One example is, me ago major, but also me ago more rich. and becoming older but also richer.

So we have Meago Major, a change in age, and also Meago Mariko, a change in wealth. But we also have profession, Meago Medico, I become a doctor, or also in ideology. And there's also another use of a serse. Uh-huh, yes, exactly. So it's not so much a change that happens within you. Like, for example, me ago vegetarian, that's also a change that happens within you.

but something that is more of an external kind of change. For example, if I'm running late, well, not quite I'm running late, but if I need to go, I need to go because seace tardi. That's an external change. So it's getting late. Se has a tardi. Yes, perfect. I think that we go well.

Let's see one more. Let's see one more. And this one is also reflexive. Oh, great. So we have DeVe Pomer, which you may already know. how to use, but if we use it in the reflexive form, poners, then we are talking about a change in mood, in state of mind, or a change in physical state. That is kind of uncontrollable, let's say. So let's see it in an example.

Nos pusimos very Tristees después de la pellicula. So, yeah, exactly. We became or we got very sad after the film. So it was a sad film. And this is the perfect example. because we tend to use this verb when we want to express a change in emotions a lot, right? But yeah, we can also use it for a change in the physical state as well. Can you give us an example, Annabelle? Yeah. Lucia se poni palida when she puts enferma. And here we have to.

So Lucia becomes pale when she gets sick. So of course she cannot control her like how if she blushes or not. This is like se poni palida. as she becomes pale and also she cannot control whether she gets sick or not. So she's a poniferma. So we can see those two. I have to say that ponerse, I think is one of my favorite translations of To Become. I use it a lot.

Yeah, me too, especially with emotions. I'm put feeling, me pono frie. Yeah, because mainly we are going to use it with emotions, with mood emotions. So yeah, exactly. Excellent. So there are like other ways to translate to become. You may have seen it, but I think that's all for this video.

I think we have given our learners plenty of options already. I agree. Let's recap a little bit because we have seen like four different expressions to translate to become. So the first one was convertice in and also Jigar to say where both are to express radical change. But remember that Jigar A Cere is also just to emphasize that effort that you put in it.

Yeah. And also remember that convertise is used in the reflexive form, but to get to be it's not. It's not. Okay. The other reflexive verse that we have seen are ponersse and Acerse. Acerse is a change in age, profession, wealth, and also in ideology.

As you said, Acerse vegetarian. Exactly. And the last one, Concha? The last one was Ponerse that is used for physical and mood changes when these changes are uncontrollable. And merely emotions. Exactly. How I'm

I'm I think I'm sad when I see the movie. Oh, but I

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think that's all for now. Yeah, I think we can wrap it up here. Excellent.

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