Se ha visto

Question

What does se ha visto in the following paragraph mean?

Llevaba más de una década viviendo en la capital húngara y nueve meses bajo vigilancia, pero la Fiscalía prácticamente se ha visto obligada a solicitar su arresto tras las presiones recibidas después de que el diario británico 'The Sun' publicase hace unos días varias fotos del hombre que envió a más de 15.000 judíos a los campos de exterminio.

Se ha means has been and visto means seen, but that doesn't seem to make sense in context.

Thanks.

Great question. - katydew, Jul 19, 2012

Really good question! - --Mariana--, Jul 19, 2012

Thanks everyone! - Chavag, Jul 19, 2012

Answer 1

Just an expansion of Kramer's excellent post (smiley)

Verse obilgado a = be compelled to, be coerced into, be forced to, be obliged to, feel oneself obliged to

Learn something new everyday on SD. - katydew, Jul 19, 2012

Excellent! - --Mariana--, Jul 19, 2012

Answer 2

Katydew is on the right track. Verse obligado a = to be forced to do something. Note that this is not an impersonal se, but rather the present perfect tense.

Also, visto is the past participle of the verb ver - kramer12, Jul 19, 2012

nice :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 19, 2012

This helps me think this through. - katydew, Jul 19, 2012

Answer 3

In this case, I believe it is that "impersonal se" that means one has seen....

Here's a learning link from the SD grammar section (under Learn):

impersonal se

True. But still doesn't explain what visto is doing in there? - Chavag, Jul 19, 2012

Ok, now I read your question more closely. The translator says, "it has been forced"... I wonder if this is a phrase that means forced. Good question. - katydew, Jul 19, 2012

How about this, 'has been seen to be obligated to arrest...." From an outside view, it's seen obligated. - katydew, Jul 19, 2012

Right. ..."[it] has been seen obligated" looks best to me - BradyLabuda, Jul 19, 2012

Thanks Brady. - katydew, Jul 19, 2012