Flashcards in 11. Which Is which? (detrás, to become, look) Deck (54):
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___ is just like detrás and can be discarded for the moment.
trás
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Usually: detrás de or atrás de?
use detrás de and you'll usually be right.
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In reference to someone coming up behind or after someone else:
"in pursuit of"
"back there somewhere"; or "later"
detrás de
atrás de
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Where's your Mom?
"viene atrás de mi"
she's coming behind me (later).
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Where's your Mom?
"viene datrás de mi"
she's coming after me (in hot pursuit)
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____ suggests a spacial relationship, or one thing being behind another, or one thing blocking another.
detrás
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___ is vague, meaning 'in back', 'back there somewhere,' or 'behind' (the speaker)
atrás
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Hay una montaña detrás de tu casa. But if someone inside your house asks where it is, you say:
alla atrás
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When you don't need 'de', use: atrás or detrás?
atrás (meaning as an adverb)
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detrás or atrás covers backward motion?
atrás
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va hacia atrás/detrás
va para atrás/detrás
atrás
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He's backing out.
Se está echando para atrás.
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Don't look back.
No mires atrás.
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'back' in the sense of 'returned': ____ or _____
de regreso; de vuelta (both are used with estar)
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He's back now after his trip.
Él está de vuelta/regreso después de su viaje. (of course volver and regresar convey the same thing: instead of estar + vuelta de).
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"back" of the bus/theatre/etc.
el fondo
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'bottom' of a glass/swimming pool/etc.
el fondo
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'to the back' 'all the way to the back'
al fondo
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'in the back' vs 'at the very back'
atrás vs. al fondo
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'all the way back on your right'
al fondo a la derecha
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As a rule, ____ is the handiest word for 'to become'
ponerse
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____ in general, is for fleeting states of mind or conditions.
ponerse
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'to get/become furious'
ponerse furioso
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'to get/become old'
ponerse viejo
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'to get/become nervous'
ponserse nervioso
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For longer term, usually nonreversable conditions, ____ is the verb you usually want.
hacerse
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I became/got rich.
Me hice rico.
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The penny is becoming useless.
El penique está haciendo inútil.
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The new dance is becoming popular.
El nuevo baile está haciendo popular.
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____ viejo suggests 'becoming an old person' or 'becoming elderly. ___ viejo suggests 'starting to feel/look old.'
hacerse; ponerse
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'to turn into'
volverse; it involves a more sudden and unexpected change than hacerse, but both convey a more or less lasting new state.
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He's become a real nuisance.
Se ha vuelto una verdadura molestia.
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'Se volvió rico'
he got rich (with the impression of overnight wealth- like winning the lottery, there is a hint that the wealth was not deserved)
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"to go crazy"
volverse loco
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"turned into" - a more thoroughgoing, physical change. 2 words:
transformarse; convertirse
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The water becomes steam.
El agua se transforma en vapor. (also could be convertirse)
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Clark Kent turns into (becomes) vapor.
Clark Kent se convierte en superman. (or transformarse)
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He's become a good writer. (figurative expression)
Se ha convertido en un buen escritor. (or transformarse)
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'to turn out to be'
llegar a ser
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The formula turned out to be useful.
La fórmula llegó a ser útil.
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___ __ ___ also covers the phrase 'to become' in the sense of 'worked his way up to'
llegar a ser
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After a lot of hard work, he became a doctor.
Después de muchos esfuerzos, él llegó a ser médico. (in many cases, an easier construction can be made with resultar)
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This book turned out to be interesting. (resultar)
Este libro resultó ser interesante.
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'to get/become hot'
acolarse
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'to get/become sad'
entristecerse
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'to get/become cold'
enfriarse
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'to get/become close'
acercarse
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'to get/become wet'
mojarse
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'to get/become tired'
cansarse
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You look good.
Te ves bien.
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It looks horrible.
Se ve horrible.
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How do I look?
¿Cómo me veo?
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That man looks like my father.
Ese hombre se parece a mi padre.
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