Llegar
a ser can be translated as to
become again, but same as hacerse
the process is wanted and actively influenced by the
subject.
Examples
¿Cómo
de la Rua llegó a ser presidente?
= How
de la Rua became president?
Llegó a ser
canciller de Inglaterra y prefirió
morir a traicionar su conciencia.
= He became chancellor
of England and preferred death to the
treason of his conscience.
El sitio llegó
a ser la más grande tienda virtual
de computadoras en Suiza.
= The web site became
the greatest virtual personal computer
shop in Switzerland.
¿Cómo
se llega a ser lo que se es?
= How do you become
what you are?
¿Cómo
se llega a ser un buen lector?
= How do you become
a good reader?
No obstante, cuando
dañan y destruyen distintas cosas
de la casa llega a ser un problema.
= Nevertheless, if
they damage or destroy things of the
house, it becomes a problem.
Es decir, alguien
no llega a ser catedrático sólo
porque su padre lo sea.
= This means that
one does not become professor , only because
the father was one.
Llega a ser una obsesión
porque cada día tienes en la cabeza
ese sueño de ganar una medalla olímpica.
= Because you think
of winning an Olympic medal every day,
it becomes an obsession.
El cambio ocurre
cuando uno llega a ser quien es, no cuando
trata de ser quien no es.
= A change occurs
when one becomes who he is and not tries
to be what he is not.