Resultar
means - as already in chapter
17.1 discussed - to result
in something or also that something became
clear, came out. The important point with the
Spanish verb is that it means a result of a long, slow
process. May be that there hasn't even been a change
or that it is not really important.
In
the following sentences you can't substitute resultar
by quedarse
Ella
resultó ser transexual.
= It became clear that she was transsexual.
Todo cuanto sus detractores
imaginaron de ella, resultó inexacto.
= It became clear that all the denunciators
said about her was false.
A comparison
Ella se quedó
embarazada.
=
She became pregnant (she wasn't pregnant
before it happened)
Ella resultó
embarazada.
= It became
clear that she was pregnant. (it's not know whether
she was pregnant before it came out)
More
examples
Seis israelíes
fueron asesinados y 33 resultaron heridos cuando un terrorista suicida abrió
fuego indiscriminadamente contra una multitud
de personas.
= Six
Israelis were killed and 33 resulted injured
when a suicide terrorist opened fire at
random into a crowd of people.
Gimnastas
rítmicas rusas resultaron dopadas.
= It came
out that the Russian rhythmic gymnasts were
doped.
Un hombre murió
y seis personas resultaron heridas en un choque múltiple.
= In a mass
car crash, one man was killed and six more
were (resulted) injured.
Tras participar
en un atentado en el que resultaron muertos un empleado de la autopista Bilbao-Behovia
y un guardia civil, huyó a Francia.
= After
attending an assassination, in which a highway
Bilbao-Behovia employee and a police officer
were killed, he escaped to Spain.
Al menos 18
personas murieron y más de 40 resultaron heridas cuando un tren de pasajeros chocó
con uno de carga que estaba detenido.
= At least
18 persons died and 40 were (resulted) injured
when a train crashed against a standing
freight train.
Seis soldados
británicos murieron el martes en Irak
y varios más resultaron heridos en dos incidentes separados, informaron
funcionarios del gobierno.
= Six
British soldiers died in March in the Iraq
and various were (resulted) injured in two
separate incidents some officials of the
government informed.