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ocurriera

happened, occurred

→ ocurrir
ocurr happen; occur + iera imperfect subjunctive, 1st/3rd person singular
verb · imperfect subjunctive Rare #34,435
happened, occurred Imperfect subjunctive form of "ocurrir"; often used after expressions like "era posible que" (it was possible that).
SP: Era posible que ocurriera un accidente si seguían así.
EN: It was possible that an accident would happen if they kept going like that.
Conjugation of ocurrir
Subjunctive imperfect
SingularPlural
First ocurría —
Third ocurría —
ocurriera

Estuve esperando por toda la mañana para que esto ocurriera.

I was waiting all morning for this to happen.

Intenté impedir que eso ocurriera.

I tried to prevent that from happening.

Tom dijo que no permitiría que ocurriera otra vez.

Tom said he wouldn't let it happen again.

Hizo falta un pequeño accidente para que ocurriera.

It took a minor accident for this to happen.

Ojalá ocurriera con más frecuencia.

I wish it happened more often.

Esperábamos que ocurriera algo interesante.

We were hoping something interesting would happen.

No, sin que ocurriera algo.

No, without anything happening.

— American Gangster (2007)

Estamos encantados de que esto ocurriera.

We’re delighted that this happened.