17.10 llegar a ser

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.





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