ocurrir

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occurrere (“appear, occur”), from ob + currō (“run”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /okuˈriɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: o‧cu‧rrir

Verb

ocurrir (third-person only, third-person singular present ocurre, third-person singular preterite ocurrió, past participle ocurrido)

  1. (impersonal) to happen, to occur
    Synonyms: pasar, suceder
  2. (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)
infinitive ocurrir
gerund ocurriendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular ocurrido ocurrida
plural ocurridos ocurridas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ocurro ocurrestú
ocurrísvos 		ocurre ocurrimos ocurrís ocurren
imperfect ocurría ocurrías ocurría ocurríamos ocurríais ocurrían
preterite ocurrí ocurriste ocurrió ocurrimos ocurristeis ocurrieron
future ocurriré ocurrirás ocurrirá ocurriremos ocurriréis ocurrirán
conditional ocurriría ocurrirías ocurriría ocurriríamos ocurriríais ocurrirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ocurra ocurrastú
ocurrásvos2 		ocurra ocurramos ocurráis ocurran
imperfect
(ra) 		ocurriera ocurrieras ocurriera ocurriéramos ocurrierais ocurrieran
imperfect
(se) 		ocurriese ocurrieses ocurriese ocurriésemos ocurrieseis ocurriesen
future1 ocurriere ocurrieres ocurriere ocurriéremos ocurriereis ocurrieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ocurretú
ocurrívos 		ocurra ocurramos ocurrid ocurran
negative no ocurras no ocurra no ocurramos no ocurráis no ocurran

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of ocurrir

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive ocurrir
dative ocurrirme ocurrirte ocurrirle, ocurrirse ocurrirnos ocurriros ocurrirles, ocurrirse
accusative ocurrirme ocurrirte ocurrirlo, ocurrirla, ocurrirse ocurrirnos ocurriros ocurrirlos, ocurrirlas, ocurrirse
with gerund ocurriendo
dative ocurriéndome ocurriéndote ocurriéndole, ocurriéndose ocurriéndonos ocurriéndoos ocurriéndoles, ocurriéndose
accusative ocurriéndome ocurriéndote ocurriéndolo, ocurriéndola, ocurriéndose ocurriéndonos ocurriéndoos ocurriéndolos, ocurriéndolas, ocurriéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ocurre
dative ocúrreme ocúrrete ocúrrele ocúrrenos not used ocúrreles
accusative ocúrreme ocúrrete ocúrrelo, ocúrrela ocúrrenos not used ocúrrelos, ocúrrelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ocurrí
dative ocurrime ocurrite ocurrile ocurrinos not used ocurriles
accusative ocurrime ocurrite ocurrilo, ocurrila ocurrinos not used ocurrilos, ocurrilas
with formal second-person singular imperative ocurra
dative ocúrrame not used ocúrrale, ocúrrase ocúrranos not used ocúrrales
accusative ocúrrame not used ocúrralo, ocúrrala, ocúrrase ocúrranos not used ocúrralos, ocúrralas
with first-person plural imperative ocurramos
dative not used ocurrámoste ocurrámosle ocurrámonos ocurrámoos ocurrámosles
accusative not used ocurrámoste ocurrámoslo, ocurrámosla ocurrámonos ocurrámoos ocurrámoslos, ocurrámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ocurrid
dative ocurridme not used ocurridle ocurridnos ocurríos ocurridles
accusative ocurridme not used ocurridlo, ocurridla ocurridnos ocurríos ocurridlos, ocurridlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ocurran
dative ocúrranme not used ocúrranle ocúrrannos not used ocúrranles, ocúrranse
accusative ocúrranme not used ocúrranlo, ocúrranla ocúrrannos not used ocúrranlos, ocúrranlas, ocúrranse

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