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haber ocurrido

to have happened

→ haber
phrase Common #4,406
to have happened With se and an indirect object, it can mean “to have occurred to someone” or “to have come to mind.”
SP: Parece haber ocurrido un error.
EN: A mistake seems to have happened.

Como eso pudo haber ocurrido con Daniel.

Like that could have happened to Daniel.

— Fack ju Göhte (2013)

¿Cómo pudo haber ocurrido eso?

How could that have happened?

Eso nunca debería haber ocurrido.

That should never have happened.

Algo le debe haber ocurrido a ella.

Something must have happened to her.

— La canción del mar (2014)

Algo tiene que haber ocurrido allí abajo.

Something must have happened down there.

Algo debe haber ocurrido.

Something must have happened.

— Broker (2022)

Nada grave, gracias a Dios, pero podría haber ocurrido.

Nothing serious, thank God, but it could have happened.

— Roma città aperta (1945)

Porque sabemos que podría haber ocurrido justo al revés.

Because we know it could have happened just the other way around.