ocurrió

happened, occurred

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Algo ocurrió en Boston.

Something happened in Boston.

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De repente se le ocurrió una buena idea mientras estaba dándose un baño.

He suddenly hit on a good idea while he was taking a bath.

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Es muy difícil hablar sobre lo que ocurrió.

It is very difficult to talk about what happened.

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Ya no recuerdo qué ocurrió.

I don't remember what happened anymore.

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Todos nosotros sabemos lo que aquí ocurrió.

We all know what happened here.

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Anoche se me ocurrió una buena idea.

A good idea occurred to me last night.

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Eso ocurrió hace tres días.

That happened three days ago.

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¿Cómo ocurrió este accidente?

How did the accident come about?

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Justo en ese momento se me ocurrió una buena idea.

Just then, a bright idea occurred to me.

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El accidente ocurrió en esta intersección.

The accident happened at this junction.

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Todo ocurrió tan rápido, no puedo explicarlo realmente.

It all happened so fast, I can't really explain it.

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No se me ocurrió una explicación tan breve.

I couldn't think up such a brief explanation.

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¿Qué ocurrió con su perro?

What's become of your dog?

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Si un árbol se cae en el bosque y nadie lo oye, ¿ocurrió realmente? Si un hombre dice lo que piensa en el bosque, y no le oye ninguna mujer, ¿sigue estando equivocado?

If a tree falls in a forest and nobody hears it, did it happen? If a man speaks his mind in a forest, and no woman hears him, is he still wrong?

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A John se le ocurrió una espléndida idea.

A splendid idea occurred to John.

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Y luego se me ocurrió de repente una buena idea.

Then all of a sudden a good idea came to me.

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¿Podrías decirme qué le ocurrió a Tom?

Can you tell me what happened to Tom?

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Tom no sabe cuándo ocurrió.

Tom doesn't know when it happened.

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A ella se le ocurrió una buena solución.

She thought of a good solution.

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¿Sabes cómo ocurrió el accidente?

Do you know how the accident happened?

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