ocurrencia

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ocurrencia
feminine noun
1bright idea (idea)
  • ¡vaya ocurrencia! -> the very idea!, what an idea!
2witty remark (dicho gracioso)

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ocurrencia [o-coor-ren’-the-ah]
noun
1Occurrence (suceso), accident, incident, occasion. (f)
2Bright thought or original idea which occurs to the mind (idea). (f)
  • Me dio la ocurrencia de -> it occurred to me to

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ocurrencia
sustantivo:femenino
1 (idea) idea
tuvo una ocurrencia genial he had a brilliant idea; ¡vaya ocurrencia! (irónico) what a bright idea!; tuvo la ocurrencia de lavarse los zapatos en la lavadora (irónico) he had the bright idea of washing his shoes in the washing machine
2 (dicho gracioso) funny remark
este niño tiene unas ocurrencias divertidísimas this child comes out with the funniest remarks
3 (formal) (acontecimiento) occurrence

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