ocurrirse in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for ocurrirse in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.ocurrir VB intr en tercera persona

ocurrir

to happen

eso ocurrió hace muchos años

that happened many years ago

¿ha ocurrido algo?

is anything the matter?

¿ha ocurrido algo?

is something wrong?

ocurre una vez cada 120 años

it occurs o happens once every 120 years

no sabemos qué ocurrió aquella noche

we do not know what happened o took place that night

lo más o lo peor que puede ocurrir es que te diga que no

the worst that can happen is that he'll say no

ocurra lo que ocurra

whatever happens o come what may

lo que ocurre es que no tienes paciencia

the trouble is that you have no patience

(ocurrirle algo a alg.) ¿qué te ocurre?

what's the matter?

nunca me había ocurrido una cosa así

nothing like that had ever happened to me before

II.ocurrirse VB vpr

ocurrirse en tercera persona (ocurrírsele algo a alg.):

dime un nombre, el primero que se te ocurra

give me a name, the first one that comes into your head o that you think of

se me ha ocurrido una idea brillante

I've had a brilliant idea

no se les ocurría nada que regalarle

they couldn't think of anything to give her

no se me ocurre qué puede ser

I can't think o I've no idea what it can be

¿a quién se le ocurre dejarlo solo?

who in their right mind would leave him on his own?

¿cómo se te ocurrió decirle semejante disparate?

whatever made you say such a stupid thing?

se me ocurrió que quizás fuera mejor ir a pie

it occurred to me that it might be better to walk form

Translations for ocurrirse in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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come to idea/answer/name:

ocurrirse

strike

ocurrirse (+ me/te/le etc)

ocurrirse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ocurrirse in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.ocurrir VB intr en tercera persona

ocurrir

to happen

¿qué ocurre?

what's wrong?

¿qué te ocurre?

what's the matter?

lo que ocurre es que...

the thing is that ...

cuida de que no vuelva a ocurrir algo semejante

make sure the same thing doesn't happen again

II.ocurrir VB refl ocurrirse en tercera persona

ocurrirse

to occur

no se me ocurre nada

I can't think of anything

no se le ocurre más que decir tonterías

he/she does nothing but talk nonsense

¿cómo se te ocurrió esa tontería?

what on earth made you think of a stupid thing like that?

nunca se me hubiese ocurrido pensar que...

I never would have imagined that ...

Translations for ocurrirse in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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to occur to sb

ocurrirse a alguien