ocurrió

happened, occurred

Verb ocurrió

Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) preterite indicative form of ocurrir.

Examples

¿Dónde estabas cuando ocurrió la explosión?

Where were you when the explosion occurred?

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Lo que ocurrió no fue culpa de Tom.

What happened wasn't Tom's fault.

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A Tom no se le ocurrió nada que decir.

Tom couldn't think of anything to say.

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Pareces deprimido, ¿ocurrió algo?

You look depressed. Did something happen?

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A él se le ocurrió una buena solución.

He thought of a good solution.

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Ocurrió más de una vez.

It happened more than once.

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Se le ocurrió una buena idea.

A good idea came to him.

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Mi abuelo a menudo no recuerda qué pasó ayer pero puede describir con detalle lo que ocurrió hace cuarenta años.

My grandfather often doesn't remember what happened yesterday but can describe in detail what happened forty years ago.

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¿Cómo se te ocurrió una excusa tan buena?

How did you come up with such a good excuse?

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Fue aquí donde ocurrió el accidente.

This is where the accident happened.

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