resultar
intransitive verb
1 (tener como resultado) to be
varias personas resultaron heridas en el atentado several people were wounded in the attack; el conductor resultó muerto the driver was killed
resultó ganador un escritor desconocido the winner was an unknown writer; varios corredores han resultado positivos a number of runners have tested positive; la operación resultó un fracaso the operation was a failure; the operation resulted in failure (formal)
resultó no saber nada de aquel asunto he turned out to know nothing about that matter; it turned out that he knew nothing about that matter; resultar ser to turn out to be; resultó ser el padre de mi amigo he turned out to be my friend's father; si resulta ser verdadero if it proves (to be) true; if it turns out to be true; el causante del incendio resultó ser un cable de la luz the cause of the fire turned out o proved to be an electric cable
resulta que it turns out that; ahora resulta que no vamos now it turns out o now it seems (that) we're not going after all; dijeron que lo había hecho él solo, cuando resulta que tenía varios cómplices he was said to have done it on his own, when it turns out that he had several accomplices; al final resultó que era inocente he proved o he turned out to be innocent in the end; in the end it turned out that he was innocent; me gustaría ir, pero resulta que no tengo dinero I'd like to go, but the thing is o the fact is that I haven't got any money
2 (salir) to turn out; work out
todo resultó bien everything turned out o worked out well; aquello no resultó muy bien that didn't turn out o work out very well; no resultó it didn't work
3 (ser) (uso impersonal)
resulta difícil decidir si ... it is hard to decide whether ...; su versión resulta difícil de creer his story is hard to believe; it's hard to believe his story
este trabajo está resultando un poco aburrido this job is getting a bit boring; resulta más barato hacerlo así it works out cheaper to do it this way
(con complemento de persona) me está resultando fácil I'm finding it easy; la casa nos resulta muy pequeña the house is too small for us; me resulta simpático he seems like a nice guy to me
4
resultar de to be the result of; result from; la mayor parte de sus problemas resultan de su falta de diplomacia most of his problems are the result of a lack of tact; ¿quién sabe lo que resultará de todo esto? who knows what will come of all this?; who knows what the outcome of all this will be?
