ocurrió in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for ocurrió 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

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ocurrió de modo imprevisto

it happened unexpectedly

desde que ocurrió, está intratable

he's become very difficult since it happened

entre bambalinas todo esto ocurrió entre bambalinas

this all happened behind the scenes

todo ocurrió precipitadamente

everything happened very quickly

(anterioridad a algo) ocurrió con anterioridad a su llegada

it happened before he arrived o prior to his arrival

(anterioridad a algo) ocurrió con anterioridad a su llegada

it happened previous to his arrival form

Translations for ocurrió in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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I/he struck on a plan

se me/le ocurrió un plan

it came to me in a blinding flash

se me ocurrió de repente

come about

ocurrir

it came about that …

ocurrió or sucedió que …

I don't understand why that should come about

no comprendo por qué habría de ocurrir eso

befall

ocurrir

ocurrió in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ocurrió in the Spanish»English Dictionary

I.ocurrir [o·ku·ˈrrir] VB intr

ocurrir

to happen

¿qué ocurre?

what's wrong?

¿qué te ocurre?

what's the matter?

lo que ocurre es que...

the thing is that...

II.ocurrir [o·ku·ˈrrir] VB refl

ocurrir ocurrirse:

ocurrir

to occur

no se me ocurre nada

I can't think of anything

¿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...

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suele ocurrir que...

it often occurs that...

Translations for ocurrió in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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it transpired that...

ocurrió que...

postdate

ocurrir después de

what possessed you to do that?

¿cómo se te ocurrió hacer eso?

an idea suggested itself (to him)

se le ocurrió una idea

occur

ocurrir

it occurd to me that...

se me ocurrió que...

chance

ocurrir (por casualidad)

to come to pass

ocurrir