ocurrir
Spanish, verb/okuˈriɾ/
ocurrir is spelled O-C-U-R-R-I-R (7 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,587th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocurrir is a Spanish verb meaning “to happen, to occur” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aparecer algo sin una causa determinada, producirse espontáneamente”.
What does ocurrir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to happen, to occur
- 2
to come up with
Se me ocurrió una idea.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Aparecer algo sin una causa determinada, producirse espontáneamente. 2. Dicho de un evento o suceso, tener lugar, pasar o suceder.
verb: 1. Pedir la intercesión de un juez o autoridad. 2. Adelantarse a algo, reaccionar con anticipación. 3. Ir a un lugar. 4. Caer la fiesta de un santo en el mismo día de otra o de algún rito mayor.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ocurrir
- ocurre present singular third-person
- ocurrió preterite singular third-person
- ocurrido participle past
- ocurriendo gerund
- ocurrida feminine participle past
- ocurridos masculine participle past
- ocurridas feminine participle past
- ocurro first-person indicative present
- ocurres indicative informal present
- ocurrís indicative informal present
- ocurrimos first-person indicative plural
- ocurren indicative plural present
- ocurría first-person imperfect indicative
- ocurrías imperfect indicative second-person
- ocurríamos first-person imperfect indicative
- ocurríais imperfect indicative plural
- ocurrían imperfect indicative plural
- ocurrí first-person indicative preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ocurrir?
- /okuˈriɾ/
- [o.kuˈriɾ]
- [okuˈriɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ocurrir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ocurrir in Spanish?
ocurrir appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).