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ocurrir

to happen, to occur

verb oh-koo-RREER Common

Usage Note

Ocurrir is typically used in the third person (ocurrió, ocurre) because events 'happen' rather than people 'do' them. The reflexive ocurrirse means 'to come to mind': se me ocurrió una idea ('an idea occurred to me'). It is intransitive, so you cannot say ocurrir algo directly.

Examples

"¿Qué ocurrió ayer?"

Natural Translation

What happened yesterday?

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