Translation: I became the champion

Question

Reviewing Paralee's lesson, our options for 'to become' are:

Ponerse - con adjetivos de emoción y condición temporales como ‘triste, furioso, contento.

Volverse - con adjetivos de emoción y condición muy repentinos/profundos.

Hacerse/Llegar a ser - con adjetivos y sustantivos de cambios permanente.

My guess would be

Me hice el campeón.

since 'champion' is a noun. I'm still doubting because it's not a permanent state, since you're only the champion until the next time the tournament is held and you fail to defend your title.

de nada - dewclaw, Jul 25, 2011

Answer 1

Yes, I'm pretty sure you are right using hacerse

Use hacerse for states resulting from effort or from a gradual, cumulative process:

They became very famous Se hicieron muy famosos The pain became unbearable El dolor se hizo insoportable

Use quedar(se) especially when talking about changes that are permanent, involve deterioration and are due to external circumstances. Their onset may or may not be sudden: Quedarse is also used to talk about pregnancy:

He went blind (Se) quedó ciego Goya went deaf Goya (se) quedó sordo

Use ponerse to talk about temporary but normal changes: I got quite ill Me puse muy malo He went pale Se puso blanco You've got very brown Te has puesto muy moreno

Thanks. So quedarse and volverse are interchangable? To be used for striking and permanent conditions? - S1r_Wakka, Jul 25, 2011

PS Thanks for adding 3 new words to my vocabulary: blind, deaf and pregnant - S1r_Wakka, Jul 25, 2011

I think of quedarse as similar to permancer or sequir - referring more to the continuing state but volverse more with a sudden or massive change focusing on the actual change rather than the state. - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 25, 2011

but that's just my take :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 25, 2011

interesting take on it - dewclaw, Jul 25, 2011