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ocurrir

/okuˈriɾ/, [o.kuˈriɾ]

occur

Gerund: ocurriendo

Past Participles

  Masculine Feminine
Singular ocurrido ocurrida
Plural ocurridos ocurridas

Indicative

  Present Imperfect Preterite Future Conditional
yo ocurro ocurría ocurrí ocurriré ocurriría
tú ocurres ocurrías ocurriste ocurrirás ocurrirías
él/ella/Ud. ocurre ocurría ocurrió ocurrirá ocurriría
nosotros ocurrimos ocurríamos ocurrimos ocurriremos ocurriríamos
vosotros ocurrís ocurríais ocurristeis ocurriréis ocurriríais
ellos/ellas/Uds. ocurren ocurrían ocurrieron ocurrirán ocurrirían
vos ocurrís ocurrías ocurriste ocurrirás ocurrirías

Subjunctive

  Present Imperfect (ra) Imperfect (se) Future
yo ocurra ocurriera ocurriese ocurriere
tú ocurras ocurrieras ocurrieses ocurrieres
él/ella/Ud. ocurra ocurriera ocurriese ocurriere
nosotros ocurramos ocurriéramos ocurriésemos ocurriéremos
vosotros ocurráis ocurrierais ocurrieseis ocurriereis
ellos/ellas/Uds. ocurran ocurrieran ocurriesen ocurrieren
vos ocurrás ocurrieras ocurrieses ocurrieres

Imperative

  Affirmative Negative
yo    
tú ocurre no ocurras
Ud. ocurra no ocurra
nosotros ocurramos no ocurramos
vosotros ocurrid no ocurráis
Uds. ocurran no ocurran
vos ocurrí no ocurras

Source: Wiktionary available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Examples

  • Un accidente puede ocurrir sin previo aviso.

    An accident may happen at any time.

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  • Siempre tendremos que ir con cuidado de no dejar que vuelva a ocurrir esto.

    We'll always have to be careful not to let this happen again.

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  • Algo así no puede ocurrir en Japón.

    Such a thing can't happen in Japan.

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  • Yo sabía que podía ocurrir.

    I knew it could happen.

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  • Accidentes de tráfico suelen ocurrir en días de lluvia.

    Traffic accidents are likely to occur on rainy days.

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  • Me acaba de ocurrir algo.

    Something just occurred to me.

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  • No se me pudo ocurrir cómo hacerlo.

    I couldn't figure out how to do it.

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  • No podemos saber lo que va a ocurrir.

    There is no knowing what may happen.

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  • No se puede predecir qué irá a ocurrir.

    There is no predicting what may happen.

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  • Yo sabía que algo malo podía ocurrir si Tom y Mary iban a hacer caminatas juntos.

    I knew something bad would happen if Tom and Mary went hiking together.

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