ocurrir

to occur

verb

ocurrir
intransitive verb
1 to happen (suceder)
  • nadie sabe lo que ocurrió -> nobody knows what happened
  • ¿qué ocurre? -> what's the matter?
  • ¿qué le ocurre a Juan? -> what's up with Juan?
  • ¿te ocurre algo? -> is anything the matter?
  • lo que ocurre es que… -> the thing is…
ocurrirse
pronomial verb
1 (venir a la cabeza)
  • no se me ocurre ninguna solución -> I can't think of a solution
  • se me ha ocurrido una idea -> I've got an idea
  • ¡ni se te ocurra! -> don't even think about it!
  • se me ocurre que… -> it occurs to me that…
  • ¡se te ocurre cada cosa! -> you do come out with some funny things!

ocurrir [o-coor-reer’]
verb neuter
1 To meet, to go to meet, to anticipate. (n)
2 To occur, to happen, to fall on the same day: applied to two feasts of different solemnities. (n)
3 To obviate, to make opposition to. (n)
4 To repair to proceed. (n)
  • Se me ocurre una idea -> (coll.) a thought strikes me
impersonal
5 To occur, to be presented to the memory or attention.
  • Nunca se me había ocurrido -> it had never crossed my mind

ocurrir
verbo:intransitivo
to happen
ha ocurrido algo horrible something terrible has happened; lo que ocurrió podría haberse evitado what happened could have been avoided; por lo que pudiera ocurrir because of what might happen; ocurre que ... it (so) happens that ...; ¿qué ocurre? what's going on?; ¿qué te ocurre? what's the matter?; lo que ocurre es que ... the thing is ...
verbo:pronominal
ocurrirse
se nos ocurrió una idea buenísima we had a brilliant idea; ¿se te ocurre algo? can you think of anything?; se le ocurrió hacerlo he thought of doing it; ¡ni se te ocurra (hacerlo)! don't even think about (doing) it!; ¡se te ocurren unas cosas! you've got some right ideas!; si se le ocurre huir if he takes it into his head to escape; ¿cómo no se te ocurrió pensar que ...? didn't it cross your mind that ...?; se me ocurre que ... it occurs to me that ...; nunca se me había ocurrido it had never crossed my mind; ¿a quién se le ocurre presentarse a medianoche? who in their right mind would turn up in the middle of the night?

Verb Conjugation for "ocurrir"

Presente Pretérito Imperfect Futuro Subjuntivo
Yo ocurro ocurrí ocurría ocurriré ocurra
ocurres ocurriste ocurrías ocurrirás ocurras
Ella/Él/Usted ocurre ocurrió ocurría ocurrirá ocurra
Nosotros ocurrimos ocurrimos ocurríamos ocurriremos ocurramos
Vosotros ocurrís ocurristeis ocurríais ocurriréis ocurráis
Ellos/Ustedes ocurren ocurrieron ocurrían ocurrirán ocurran
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