resultar

to turn out, to result

verb rreh-sool-TAHR Common

Usage Note

Resultar links a subject to an outcome and is typically followed by an adjective or que: resultó imposible ('it turned out to be impossible'), resultó que nadie sabía ('it turned out nobody knew'). It is NOT a direct synonym of resultar en ('to result in'), which requires the preposition en. The related noun is resultado (result).

Examples

"El experimento resultó un fracaso total."

Natural Translation

The experiment turned out to be a total failure.

Literal Translation

The experiment turned-out a failure total

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