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ellos ocurren

happen, occur

→ ocurrir
ocurr happen; occur + en 3rd-person plural present (indicative or subjunctive)
verb · third plural · present indicative Uncommon #14,441
happen, occur
SP: A veces ocurren cosas inesperadas.
EN: Sometimes unexpected things happen.
Conjugation of ocurrir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third ocurre ocurren
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
Third ocurre ocurren

Este tipo de cosas no ocurren muy a menudo.

These kinds of things don't happen very often.

Se me ocurren un par de cosas.

A couple of things come to mind.

— Do Not Enter (2026)

La verdad no se me ocurren otras ruinas.

To be honest, I can't think of any other ruins.

— Suzume (2022)

Estas cosas ocurren.

These things happen.

— Solo en casa (1990)

Esas cosas no ocurren hoy día.

These things don't happen today.

Esas cosas ocurren de vez en cuando.

These things happen from time to time.

Me parece a mí que soy la única a la que se le ocurren buenas ideas.

It seems to me that I’m the only one who comes up with good ideas.

— Chicago (2002)

Pequeños terremotos ocurren todos los días en ese país.

Small earthquakes occur every day in that country.

Errores ocurren.

Mistakes happen.

Ellos ocurren con bastante frecuencia.

They occur quite frequently.

Se me ocurren muchas cosas mejores que hacer esa noche.

I can think of many better things to do that night.

— Juno (2007)

Ellas ocurren con bastante frecuencia.

They occur quite frequently.

Las cosas que ocurren en el mundo.

The things that happen in the world.

Son cosas que ocurren.

These are things that happen.

Se me ocurren una multitud de ideas.

A multitude of ideas come to mind.

Todas las muertes ocurren demasiado pronto.

All deaths occur too soon.

Nunca se me ocurren ideas brillantes.

I never come up with brilliant ideas.

Sé cómo funciona esto y los errores ocurren.

I know how this works and mistakes happen.

— Sin piedad (2026)

Esas cosas ocurren mucho.

Those things happen a lot.

Dime los primeros seis números que se te ocurren.

Tell me the first six numbers that come to mind.

Cada año ocurren muchos accidentes.

Many accidents happen every year.

Ese tipo de accidentes ocurren de vez en cuando.

Those types of accidents happen from time to time.

Así es como ocurren los accidentes.

This is how accidents happen.