No. 2,796 in Spanish
ocurrieron
"Occurred" or "happened."
In a sentence
Los eventos ocurrieron la semana pasada.
The events occurred last week.
In this sentence, 'ocurrieron' is used as the third person plural preterite form of the verb 'ocurrir', indicating that multiple events took place in the past.
No sabemos cómo ocurrieron las cosas.
We don't know how things happened.
Here, 'ocurrieron' signifies the unfolding or happening of situations, used again in the preterite tense to denote past occurrences.
Ocurrieron muchos cambios en la organización.
Many changes occurred within the organization.
In this context, 'ocurrieron' refers to changes taking place within an entity, emphasizing the occurrence of developments or transformations in the past.
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