happen

ocurrir

verb

happen
[ˈhæpən]
verbo intransitivo
1pasar, ocurrir, suceder (take place)
  • it happened ten years ago -> pasó hace diez años
  • as it happens,… -> precisamente…, casualmente…
  • what has happened to him? -> ¿qué le ha pasado?
  • to happen to meet somebody -> encontrarse con alguien por casualidad
  • I happen to know that… -> resulta que sé que…

happen [ja-pen]
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Acontecer, acaecer (occur, take place); suceder por casualidad; sobrevenir; llegar el caso de. (n)
2Hallarse en alguna parte. (n)
  • Whatever happens -> suceda lo que quiera, venga lo que viniere
  • I happened to be there -> por casualidad me hallaba allí
  • It unfortunately happened that I was not there -> por desgracia no me hallé allí
  • To happen in -> (Fam.) Hacer una visita por casualidad
  • To happen on -> encontrar, hallar por acaso
  • I happened on other things -> hallé o me encontré con otras materias
  • He happened to be there -> estaba allí por casualidad
  • Hi, what’s happening? -> hola, ¿qué tal
  • These things happen -> son cosas que pasan
(Amer).

happen [ˈhæpən] ?
verb:intransitive
1 (occur) pasar; ocurrir; suceder
what's happening? ¿qué pasa ocurre sucede?;oror how did it happen? ¿cómo pasó ocurrió sucedió?;oror ¿cómo fue?; these things happen estas cosas pasan; son cosas que pasan; when did the accident happen? ¿cuándo ocurrió sucedió el accidente?;or whatever happens pase lo que pase; don't let it happen again que no vuelva a ocurrir; as if nothing had happened como si nada; como si tal cosa
nothing happened when I pressed the switch the accident happened close to Martha's Vineyard let's pretend it never happened
how does it happen that ...? ¿cómo es posible que ...?
how did it happen that a veritable army of police officers failed to find her? how can it happen that everyone is off sick at once?
what has happened to him? (befall) ¿qué le ha pasado?; (become of) ¿qué ha sido de él?; it's the best thing that ever happened to me es lo mejor que me ha pasado en la vida; if anything should happen to him ... si le pasara algo ...
a funny thing happened to me if anything happened to me, my wife would have enough money
it's all happening here (informal) aquí es donde está la movida marcha;or (informal)
Bill Lawry in the commentary box was struggling to justify his stock phrases of 'brilliant" and 'it's all happening here at the MCG"
2 (chance)
it happened that I was out that day dio la casualidad de que resulta que aquel día estuve fuera;or it might happen that no one turns up puede ocurrir que no venga nadie
if it happens that I'm wanted badly somewhere, my mother will phone through to me here
if you happen to see John, let him know si acaso vieras a John si da la casualidad de que ves a John, díselo;or I happen to know that ... da la casualidad de que sé que ...; he just happens to be here now da la casualidad de que está aquí ahora; if anyone should happen to see you si acaso alguien te viera; would you happen to have a pen? ¿no tendrá un bolígrafo por casualidad?; it happens to be true da la casualidad de que es verdad
I happened to be there
as it happens ..., it (just) so happens that ... da la casualidad de que ...
I do know him, as it happens pues da la casualidad de que sí le conozco
it just so happened that we didn't agree on anything she called Amy to see if she had any idea of her son's whereabouts - as it happened, Amy had

Verb Conjugation for "happen"

Imperative
  • happen
  • you happen
  • he/she happens
  • we happen
  • you happen
  • they happen
Preterite
  • I happened
  • you happened
  • he/she happened
  • we happened
  • you happened
  • they happened
Present Continuous
  • I am happening
  • you are happening
  • he/she is happening
  • we are happening
  • you are happening
  • they are happening
Present Perfect
  • I have happened
  • you have happened
  • he/she has happened
  • we have happened
  • you have happened
  • they have happened
Past Continuous
  • I was happening
  • you were happening
  • he/she was happening
  • we were happening
  • you were happening
  • they were happening
Past Perfect
  • I had happened
  • you had happened
  • he/she had happened
  • we had happened
  • you had happened
  • they had happened
Future
  • I will happen
  • you will happen
  • he/she will happen
  • we will happen
  • you will happen
  • they will happen
Future Perfect
  • I will have happened
  • you will have happened
  • he/she will have happened
  • we will have happened
  • you will have happened
  • they will have happened
Future Continuous
  • I will be happening
  • you will be happening
  • he/she will be happening
  • we will be happening
  • you will be happening
  • they will be happening
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been happening
  • you have been happening
  • he/she has been happening
  • we have been happening
  • you have been happening
  • they have been happening
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been happening
  • you will have been happening
  • he/she will have been happening
  • we will have been happening
  • you will have been happening
  • they will have been happening
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been happening
  • you had been happening
  • he/she had been happening
  • we had been happening
  • you had been happening
  • they had been happening
Paid English to Spanish translation

Word of the Day: la carcajada

hearty laughter, raucous laughter, guffaw