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ocorrido

Portuguese, noun/o.koˈʁi.du/

ocorrido is spelled O-C-O-R-R-I-D-O (8 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,464th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ocorrido is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “occurrence, happening (something that happens)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ocorrer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “acontecimento”.

What does ocorrido mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineoccurrence, happening (something that happens)

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of ocorrer

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que ocorreu 2. sucedido

noun: 1. acontecimento 2. circunstância 3. ocorrência

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ocorrido

  • ocorridos plural
  • ocorrida feminine
  • ocorridas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ocorrido?

  • Brazil /o.koˈʁi.du/
  • Brazil [o.koˈhi.du]
  • /o.koˈʁi.du/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is ocorrido in Portuguese?

ocorrido appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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