How to translate Llegar a Ser in the future tense?

Question

Hi so to my understanding llegar a ser means to become, which implies that it hasn't been accomplished yet and it is in the future. Does it become translated into the future tense? I wanted my sentence to be "Her mother wants her to become a doctor." How would I say this?

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Dec 12, 2016

Answer 1

I will give my opinions, but I am also a learner.

Our rules require that you make an attempt, so I cannot give you an final answer.

I will provide some clues though:

"Her mother wants her to become a doctor."

Wants (querer) is a verb of influence, and since there is a subject change, that requires subjunctive, you do not use future subjunctive (it is archaic), so you would put the second verb in present subjunctive, which is sufficient to imply the future.

In English more literally- Her mother wants that she become a doctor- but we don't use the English subjunctive like that much.

Personally I would probably have just used ser, but that would mean her mother wants her to be a doctor.

To use become, I personally would have chosen hacerse, but it seems like llegar a ser could be possible. I truly do not know what would be most natural to a native speaker.

But whichever option you choose, present subjunctive after "quiere que".

If you post a try with this, someone may help you.

Please also await other ideas, in case a native speaker would do it differently than I.

Here is a good discussion of your options for "to become":

http://spanish.about.com/od/translationsfromenglish/a/become.htm

Diste en el clavo otra vez amigo. - Daniela2041, Dec 12, 2016

Thank you that was very helpful! - naeemahdavis, Dec 12, 2016

Gracias Daniela y de nada Naeemah. :) - bosquederoble, Dec 12, 2016