to become

PONERSE and its uses.

• similar to estar
• involuntary and short lived
• adjectives of:


• colour (often idioms)
• a physical state
• a mental state

QUEDARSE and its uses.

• similar to estar
• involuntary
• adjectives and participles:


• short lived (reactions)


• gobsmacked


• not short lived (negative)


• blind
• deaf
• disabled, etc.

VOLVERSE and its uses.

• similar to ser
• total change and long lasting
• adjectives of character
• ideology


• ecologist

LLEGAR A SER, CONVERTIRSE EN, HACERSE and their uses.

• similar to ser
• voluntary and total change
• adjectives and nouns



• polotics
• profession (including sport i.e: to become champions)
• religion


• LLEGAR A SER involves a process
• CONVERTIRSE EN normally means to turn into (and not to become) + noun
• HACERSE can replace either LLEGAR A SER or CONVERTIRSE EN