ocurrir
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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin occurrere (“appear, occur”), from ob + currō (“run”).
Pronunciation
Verb
ocurrir (third-person only, third-person singular present ocurre, third-person singular preterite ocurrió, past participle ocurrido)
- (impersonal) to happen, to occur
- (idiomatic, impersonal, reflexive) to come up with
- Se me ocurrió una idea.
- I came up with an idea.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ocurrir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of ocurrir
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “ocurrir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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