No. 505 in Spanish
ocurrió
"Occurred" or "happened."
In a sentence
El accidente ocurrió ayer por la tarde.
The accident occurred yesterday afternoon.
Here, 'ocurrió' is used to denote that an event took place, specifying the moment it happened.
Me ocurrió una idea para mejorar el proyecto.
An idea occurred to me to improve the project.
In this sentence, 'ocurrió' signifies that an idea suddenly came to someone's mind.
Nunca se me ocurrió que pudieras estar detrás de todo esto.
It never occurred to me that you could be behind all this.
Here, 'ocurrió' conveys the notion of a realization or thought unexpectedly entering the speaker's awareness.
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