ocurrir

/okuˈriɾ/, [o.kuˈriɾ]

occur

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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Se te tienen que ocurrir cosas nuevas.

You need to come up with new stuff.

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Creo que es improbable que una situación como esta vuelva a ocurrir alguna vez.

I think it's unlikely that a situation like this one would ever occur again.

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Nunca permitiré que eso vuelva a ocurrir.

I'll never let that happen again.

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¿Cómo pudo ocurrir todo esto?

How could this all happen?

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¿Alguien lo ha visto ocurrir?

Did anyone see it happen?

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¿Cómo pudo ocurrir eso?

How could that happen?

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Se me acaba de ocurrir algo muy interesante.

I just thought of something really interesting.

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Algo malo estaba a punto de ocurrir.

Something bad was about to happen.

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Se hacían muchas conjeturas sobre lo que iba a ocurrir.

There was a great deal of conjecture as to what would happen.

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Le puede ocurrir a cualquiera.

It can happen to anybody.

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