No. 10,046 in Catalan
ocórrer
"Ocórrer" means "to happen" or "to occur."
In a sentence
Em va ocórrer una idea interessant ahir.
An interesting idea occurred to me yesterday.
The verb 'ocórrer' is used reflexively here to mean 'to come to mind' or 'to occur (to someone)’.
Desafortunadament, ocorren accidents en aquesta carretera sovint.
Unfortunately, accidents occur often on this road.
In this case, 'ocórrer' is used in its intransitive sense, referring to events happening.
Em pregunto què ocorreria en cas d'una emergència.
I wonder what would happen in case of an emergency.
Here, 'ocórrer' is used hypothetically in its conditional form to speculate about potential events.
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