Becoming in spanish

Devenir

pronunciation: debeniɹ̩ part of speech: adjective
In gestures

become + Adjetivo = hacerse + Adjetivo. 

Example: Expressiveness often relies upon decimal subdivision, and this may become less systematic with the addition of new subjects.

become = llegar a ser, pasar a ser, estar, convertirse, volverse, tornarse, tornarse en. [Verbo irregular: pasado became, participio become. Pincha en para ver otras palabras formadas añadiendo "be" a otra palabra ya existente]

Example: Some degree of ignorance of this kind is not unusual since the usual objective in consulting an information source is to become better informed.

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» become + a bag of bones = quedarse hecho un esqueleto, quedarse en un saco de huesos, quedarse hecho un costal de huesos, quedarse en un costal de huesos, quedarse escuchimizado.

Example: But health is relative, and by eighty-seven, even without a main disease you've become a bag of bones, a sack half full of fluids going rancid.

» become + a common feature = ser algo normal, ser algo común, ser algo habitual.

Example: Droughts are becoming a common feature, parching the land at least once every two years.

» become + a couple = convertirse en pareja, empezar a salir juntos.

Example: She said when they first became a couple Campbell would shower her with gifts and that she 'was under his spell'.

» become + acquainted with = familiarizarse con, conocer, llegar a conocer.

Example: This information is displayed to allow the borrower to become acquainted with the subject terminology used by the library.

» become + adept = acostumbrarse.

Example: Worse still, some EC countries, particularly in a period of world economic recession, become adept at bending the Community's rules to suit their own purposes.

» become + Adjetivo = hacerse + Adjetivo.

Example: Expressiveness often relies upon decimal subdivision, and this may become less systematic with the addition of new subjects.

» become + a force = influir en gran medida.

Example: The points of view of non-Western Europeans/Americans, non-Christians, nonWhites, and non-males are becoming a force in society.

» become + a habit = convertirse en un hábito, convertirse en una costumbre.

Example: In a society where swearing untruthfully has become a habit, truthfulness and honesty gradually diminish and untruthfulness and lying become a trend.

» become + (all) emotional = emocionarse, ponerse sensible.

Example: I know I sound all girly and soft but I guess it's in a girl's nature to become all emotional.

» become + allied with = asociarse a, relacionarse con.

Example: In school education the activity of reading quickly becomes allied with the subject of English, which covers a certain amount of English grammar but, certainly in secondary education, is almost synonymous with English literature.

» become + (all) sentimental = ponerse sentimental.

Example: We become all sentimental when it comes to Christmas time and we wish it could stay that way forever.

» become + (a) part of = formar parte de, participar en.

Example: By serving the needs of the lower socioeconomic groups, the public library is seen as becoming itself part of the process of social change rather than a passive mirror of mankind.

» become + a permanent fixture = convertirse en algo permanente, convertirse en un elemento permanente, formar parte del mobiliario.

Example: Vietnam is to become a permanent fixture of the Lufthansa route network as part of the new winter schedule.

» become + apparent = aclararse, hacerse evidente.

Example: The meanings of these notational instructions will become apparent as you progress.

» become + apprehensive about = temer por, preocuparse por.

Example: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.

» become + a proverb = convertirse en una leyenda.

Example: Little did the betrayer know that the kiss of Judas would become a proverb in every nation.

» become + a reality = convertirse en realidad, hacerse realidad.

Example: Working together, librarians and indexers can ensure that one of the primary objectives of the Society of Indexers, the safeguarding and improvement of indexing standards, becomes a reality.

» become + a shambles = irse al carajo, irse a pique, irse a la porra, irse al traste.

Example: Over the course of a few months, her life became a shambles.

» become + ashamed = avergonzarse.

Example: In the course of my explanation I became not only chagrined, but ashamed for our profession and for how, in this particular case, rules had made finding the material that this person wanted so difficult.

» become + a stakeholder in = participar de lleno en.

Example: Yet even under these auspicious circumstances, it is important that clients become stakeholders in the entire process = Aun incluso con estas circunstancias tan prometedoras, es importante que los clientes participen de lleno en todo el proceso.

» become + a thing of the past = pertenecer al pasado.

Example: Bunking classes might soon become a thing of the past in schools across the city thanks to radio frequency identification (RFID).

» become + a trend = convertirse en tendencia.

Example: In a society where swearing untruthfully has become a habit, truthfulness and honesty gradually diminish and untruthfulness and lying become a trend.

» become + available = ser asequible, aparecer, surgir.

Example: Mini and micro computers will become cheaper and information retrieval software will become available in more financially attractive, user friendly and tried and tested packages.

» become + aware = darse cuenta, percatarse.

Example: For the first time now he became aware that he was being watched.

» become + besties with = hacerse el mejor amigo de, hacerse muy (buen) amigo de.

Example: Acceptthat people are at different placesin their lives, and not everyone wants to become besties with their coworkers.

» become + bitter = amargarse.

Example: Then he added, 'He never became bitter in spite of his sickness and suffering'.

» become + black = ponerse negro, volverse negro, ennegrecer, negrecer.

Example: At 28, she decided to become black by undergoing radical tanning injections treatment.

» become + blasé = volverse indiferente, traer sin cuidado, hastiarse.

Example: Spain is full of fabulous churches and cathedrals but you can become blase if you view too many.

» become + blind = volverse ciego, perder la vista.

Example: The author describes how a school librarian in Canada who became blind overcame her handicap to continue her library work.

» become + blind to = dejar de ver, dejar de percatarse de.

Example: This task requires that the robot's intelligent controller does not becoming blind to the wide variety of anomalies that may occur.

» become + brittle = debilitarse.

Example: The quality of the paper is often poor and it yellows and becomes brittle with age.

» become + carried away by = dejarse llevar, exasperarse por.

Example: It is easy to become carried away by the sheer size of the so-called 'information explosion' and to regard the growth of literature as a phenomenon as threatening to civilization as a virulent epidemic or the 'population explosion' in the third world.

» become + cast = representar, dar forma.

Example: Any action that is repeated frequently become cast into a pattern which can be reproduced with an economy of effort which, ipso facto, is apprehended by its performer as a pattern.

» become + central = convertirse en importante.

Example: Factual information, in the form of statistics, and full text will become more central.

» become + chagrined = sentirse desilusionado, enojarse.

Example: In the course of my explanation I became not only chagrined, but ashamed for our profession and for how, in this particular case, rules had made finding the material that this person wanted so difficult.

» become + circular = convertirse en un círculo vicioso.

Example: Such discussions become circular and self-perpetuating, and self-congratulating, very quickly -- as the Howard Dean Campaign discovered, too late and fatally, during the current US Presidential election race.

» become + clear = hacerse obvio, hacerse patente.

Example: If one walks round a large general booskshop and carefully appraises the stock on display it becomes clear quite quickly that there are many types of books which seem to bear a strong similarity to each other.

» become + close = acercarse, intimar, fraternizar, congeniar.

Example: They became close over the next several months but never quite fell in love -- at least not the head-over-heels, gooey-eyed kind that makes you ache inside.

» become + cloudy = enturbiarse.

Example: As we age, the lens can become cloudy, and vision then becomes blurry and hazy.

» become + cloudy = nublarse.

Example: There will be a mix of clouds and sun early, then becoming cloudy later in the day.

» become + cognisant of = ser consciente de, darse cuenta de, conocer.

Example: Becoming cognizant of these retail promotional tools is the first step -- the fun part is adopting successful ones!.

» become + convenient = hacerse fácil.

Example: The use of video technology in education and training is changing as video programmes become more convenient to make.

» become + conversant with = informarse de, familiarizarse con.

Example: Step 1 Familiarisation: This first step involves the indexer in becoming conversant with the subject content of the document to be indexed.

» become + dehydrated = deshidratarse.

Example: It is very important for babies and small children not to become dehydrated.

» become + demotivated = desmotivarse.

Example: This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.

» become + detached from = alejarse de, apartarse de.

Example: We see the conceptualisation of Indigenous knowledge becoming detached from holistic notions of 'culture' in the human sciences.

» become + disillusioned = desilusionarse, desengañarse, decepcionarse.

Example: Some librarians become disillusioned and acquire negative attitudes toward the profession.

» become + disoriented = desorientarse, despistarse.

Example: Around and around she went, becoming disoriented and losing her bearings, buffeted to and fro by the awesome power of Mother Nature.

» become + distressed = preocuparse, afligirse.

Example: At least two publishers have themselves become so distressed at how their books are being mislabelled by LC subject cataloging through CIP that they're now printing their own homemade cataloging in publication data.

» become + due = vencer, caducar.

Example: A list of all subscriptions about to become due may be made by using this subfunction.

» become + embedded = incrustrarse.

Example: Habitualized actions, they further suggest, become embedded in human behavior and provide the psychological gain of narrowing choices.

» become + enamoured of = enamorarse de, entusiasmarse por.

Example: Those who become enamored of reference librarianship and its challenges usually succumb to its lure before discovering all of its parts.

» become + engaged = comprometerse. [Para casarse]

Example: Their professional relationship soon blossomed into a personal one, and a year later they became engaged.

» become + engaged (in/with) = colaborar con, participar en, relacionarse con, ocuparse de.

Example: There is a strong demand for information about Asia as Australia becomes engaged with countries of the Asia-Pacific region.

» become + extinct = extinguirse.

Example: Forestry officials have created suntraps in one of the region's beauty spots to prevent a species of the ant family from becoming extinct.

» become + familiar with = familiarizarse con.

Example: Browsing time provided in school is the only way many children will ever become familiar with books en masse.

» become + famous = hacerse famoso, volverse famoso, convertirse en famoso.

Example: If you are reading this, your dream is probably to become famous one day, but becoming famous is not as hard as everyone makes it to be.

» become + frustrated = verse frustrado, frustrarse.

Example: Management became frustrated with the lack of progress being made and prematurely cancelled the project.

» become + full = llenarse.

Example: Watch what happens when the output diskette becomes full.

» become + fused = fundirse.

Example: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

» become + good at = conseguir ser bueno en.

Example: Training for full marathons involves a lot of work, and you need to get everything right if you want to become good at it.

» become + habitable = hacerse habitable.

Example: But he was wiry and wily, too, and he would often hide in some nook of the station to save the fare, or riding, if necessary, till things cooled off and the world above became habitable again.

» become hardened to = volverse insensible a, acostumbrarse a no sentir.

Example: Anne herself had become hardened to such affronts; but she felt the imprudence of the arrangement quite keenly = La propia Anne se había vuelto insensible a este tipo de ofensas, aunque la imprudencia del plan le hizo sentir profundamente dolida.

» become + home to = convertirse en residencia de, convertirse en la ciudad de, convertirse en el paraje natural de.

Example: This city park has been designed as an ecological preserve for local flora and fauna but has recently become home to about 150 feral dogs.

» become + ill = caer enfermo, enfermar, ponerse enfermo.

Example: However, many attempts to actively involve the community in reducing its risks of becoming ill have met with failure.

» become + imperative = hacerse obligatorio, convertirse en una prioridad.

Example: It became imperative that books be arranged to make it easy for the reader to find what he wanted = Se convirtió en una prioridad ordenar los libros de tal modo que fuese fácil para el lector encontrar lo que buscaba.

» become + impoverished = empobrecerse.

Example: Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.

» become + infected = infectarse.

Example: Animal bites and scratches, even minor ones, can become infected and spread bacteria to other parts of the body = Las mordeduras y arañazos de los animales, incluidos los de los más pequeños, pueden infectarse y propagar bacterias por otras partes del cuerpo.

» become + interdependent = interdependizarse.

Example: Institutions, too, become so interdependent that to be effective they must operate synchronously, fully understanding the nature of their interdependency.

» become + intertwined = entrelazarse.

Example: These institutions have become so intertwined that the fortunes of one are inextricably linked to the fortunes of the other -- for good or for ill.

» become + involved = participar, participar de una forma activa, tomar parte activa, tomar parte.

Example: There he became involved in cataloging problems and participated in their public discussion.

» become + involved in = verse envuelto en.

Example: If the searcher approaches the index as a conventional index he is liable to become involved in extensive scanning of the many entries under each heading in order to discriminate between relevant and less relevant documents.

» become + jittery = entrar miedo.

Example: As the 1992 unification of the European Community looms, East European countries are becoming jittery and apprehensive about the implications for them.

» become + known as = llegar a ser conocido como.

Example: In 1961 an International Conference on Cataloguing Principles was held in Paris, and a statement of principles emerged, which became known as the Paris Principles.

» become + large = aumentar.

Example: If the number of categories becomes large, cross-references will be necessary between individual files.

» become + less stable = desestabilizarse.

Example: As the environment faced by academic libraries becomes less stable, much can be learned from the commercial sector = Debido a que el entorno al que se enfrentan las bibliotecas universitarias se está desestabilizando, hay que aprender mucho del sector comercial.

» become + meaningful = empezar a tener sentido.

Example: These brief, generalized statements will become more meaningful as you examine actual manifestations of PMES and T in the CC schedules.

» become + noticeable = hacerse perceptible, notarse.

Example: Heart palpitations are heartbeats that suddenly become more noticeable.

» become + numb = insensibilizarse, entumecerse, adormecerse.

Example: Bertolt Brecht's theory of performance is used to explain how student become numb to pedagogy and teachers.

» become + obsolete = volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda, caducar.

Example: Academic libraries may become obsolete as the commercial market takes over control of information.

» become + obvious = hacerse obvio.

Example: When she began to tilt to one side, it became obvious that something was indeed quite wrong.

» become + old = envejecer, hacerse viejo, hacerse mayor.

Example: A person becomes old when his mind is more occupied by memories than aspirations.

» become + older = envejecer, hacerse viejo, hacerse mayor.

Example: He was lonely and longed for some companionship as he became older.

» become + one with = integrarse con, formar parte de, fundirse con.

Example: Information services are becoming one with consumer electronics appliances, cable TV, and telephone service.

» become + operational = empezar a funcionar.

Example: BLAISE, the British Library Automated Information Service, became operational in 1977.

» become + overdue = vencer.

Example: The full fine is charged from the time the document became overdue.

» become + parted from = separarse de.

Example: Certain aspects of the curriculum debate had become parted from their moorings in practical reality.

» become + plentiful = proliferar.

Example: Written substantiation of this belief, from a wide variety of points of view, has become plentiful in the 1970s.

» become + popular = hacerse popular, tener éxito.

Example: As soon as Tintin started to become popular, after the war, the idea of taking his adventures to the big screen came up.

» become + Posesivo + own worst enemy = convertirse en + Posesivo + peor enemigo.

Example: There are many who think that towards the end of his life Gandhi became his own worst enemy and almost provoked his detractors into liquidating him.

» become + pregnant = quedarse embarazada, quedarse en estado, quedarse preñada.

Example: Many people who would normally practise safe sex do become pregnant, or else catch venereal diseases, through having unprotected sex while drunk.

» become + redundant = volverse obsoleto, pasar de moda.

Example: I don't think that post boxes will become redundant.

» become + renowned = hacerse famoso, volverse famoso, convertirse en famoso.

Example: He has a special gift for spotting California vintners before they become renowned.

» become + scarce = hacerse escaso, escasear.

Example: The implications are that as resources are become scarcer, librarians will need to adopt more forceful attitudes.

» become + self-funding = autofinanciarse.

Example: At the end of the 3 year project, the journal expects to become self-funding.

» become + solid = solidificarse, hacerse sólido.

Example: Pure honey contains more sugar than water (in technical terms honey is a supersaturated solution) and in time will granulate (become solid).

» become + solidified = solidificarse.

Example: Institutions and systems ultimately tend to turn in on themselves and, often without realizing it, become solidified.

» become + stagnant = estabilizarse, detenerse, estancarse.

Example: Research in the social sciences has become increasingly stagnant and impoverished, largely because of the insistence on using objective, quantitative methods derived from the natural sciences.

» become + standard + Nombre = convertirse en + Nombre + normal.

Example: This automation of information files will mean that, within a few years, terminals will become standard equipment at a reference desk or at a site strategically located within the department.

» become + standard practice = convertirse en algo normal.

Example: So far this has only been adopted by four suppliers, but it has so many advantages for the user that it will surely become standard practice in the future.

» become + stuck = quedarse atrancado, atrancarse, atascarse, quedarse atascado, quedarse varado, no tener salida, no saber qué hacer a continuación, no saber cómo seguir.

Example: Michoud was the smallest of the three, so volunteered to try getting in through the partially-open sunroof but she became stuck.

» become + suicidal = desarrollar instintos suicidas.

Example: Young adults taking high-dose antidepressants have double the risk of becoming suicidal.

» become + suspicious = empezar a sospechar, comenzar a sospechar.

Example: At the hearing, he denied any knowledge of the match-fixing, but stated that he became suspicious when none of his teammates would pass the ball to him.

» become + the custom = convertirse en la costumbre, ser la costumbre.

Example: Even before decorated Christmas trees became the custom, the crèche already had pride of place in people's homes.

» become + the home-from-home of = convertirse en la ciudad de (uno). [Sensación de sentirse integrado en un lugar aunque no sea el lugar de origen de uno]

Example: Now a major centre for all international Arabic newspapers, London has become the home-from-home of the Arab press.

» become + the next stop in = ser lo último en.

Example: What's obsolete in one department could be just the thing for another, and hand-me-down computers are becoming the next stop in sophisticated inventory management.

» become + the norm = convertirse en la norma, ser la norma.

Example: A crisp, even impression became the norm, along with the use of respectable paper and ink.

» become + trapped = quedar atrapado.

Example: A maintenance worker is in stable condition after becoming trapped under a luggage carousel and sustaining multiple injuries.

» become + unhinged = perturbarse, desquiciarse, trastornarse, desequilibrarse.

Example: It was here, in the middle of WWII, that Avery became truly unhinged and produced what many consider to be his best work.

» become + unionised = sindicarse.

Example: Since the mid-1960s librarians in Canada have become increasingly unionised.

» become + unnoticeable = pasar desapercibido, pasar inadvertido.

Example: The initial strangeness of the synthesized speech is said to become unnoticeable to listeners after a short time.

» become + unreadable = volverse ilegible.

Example: The 'Recover Data Index' utility attempts to reconstruct a data diskette that for some reason has become unreadable to the system.

» become + unusable = inutilizarse.

Example: Looking internally at a data diskette shows us that whenever a MARC record is deleted, the record is marked as deleted and the space becomes unusable.

» become + vacant = quedar vacante, quedar libre.

Example: Shortly after he began as director, he moved the library from a dingy Carnegie mausoleum to a downtown department store that had become vacant.

» become + vicious = volverse cruel.

Example: There's more to it than that - he becomes vicious, cutting people up behind their backs if they cross him in any way.

» become + worse = empeorar.

Example: There were no respondents who did not think that the situation could become worse in the future.

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» be fast becoming = estar convirtiéndose rápidamente.

Example: Image processing is fast becoming a major success in the hardware field, and in its footsteps could come the first significant attempt at image archiving and subsequent on-line retrieval.

» unbecoming = impropio, indecoroso, de mal sabor, de mal gusto.

Example: An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.

Becoming synonyms

decent in spanish: bueno, pronunciation: disənt part of speech: adjective proper in spanish: apropiado, pronunciation: prɑpɜr part of speech: adjective comely in spanish: gentil, pronunciation: kʌmli part of speech: adjective decorous in spanish: decoroso, pronunciation: dekɜrəs part of speech: adjective flattering in spanish: halagüeño, pronunciation: flætɜrɪŋ part of speech: adjective seemly in spanish: decoroso, pronunciation: simli part of speech: adjective comme il faut in spanish: comme il faut, pronunciation: kɑmɪlfɔt part of speech: adjective
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