« to become » en sept langues
Sensto become
Espagnol
/bolˈbeɾse/
autre source · volver 'to turn' (Latin VOLVERE) + se
No single verb: ponerse for moods (se puso rojo), volverse for lasting change (se volvió loco), hacerse with effort (se hizo rico), convertirse en.
Français
/dəvəniʁ/
héréditaire
Takes être: il est devenu.
Italien
/divenˈtare/
héréditaire
Through Late Latin *DĒVENTĀRE; divenire is the literary form. Takes essere.
Portugais
/toɾˈnahsi/
autre source · tornar 'to turn' (Latin TORNĀRE)
Also ficar for a change of state: ficou triste.
Roumain
/deveˈni/
emprunté · French devenir
Catalan
/tuɾˈnasə/
autre source · tornar 'to turn' (Latin TORNĀRE)
Formal esdevenir is the twin of devenir.
Anglais
/bɪˈkʌm/
anglais natif · Old English becuman 'to arrive, happen'
L’ancêtre latin
DĒVENĪRE‘to come down to, arrive at’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
French and Italian 'come down to' a new state (DĒVENĪRE); Spanish, Portuguese and Catalan 'turn' into it (volverse, tornar-se), and Spanish chooses among several verbs by the kind of change. Romanian deveni came back from French.
Parents anglais: venue, advent
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esSe ha vuelto muy serio.
- frIl est devenu très sérieux.
- itÈ diventato molto serio.
- ptEle se tornou muito sério.
- roA devenit foarte serios.
- caS'ha tornat molt seriós.
- enHe has become very serious.