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ellos ocurrieron

happened, occurred

→ ocurrir
ocurr happen; occur + ieron third-person plural preterite
verb · 3rd-person plural, past tense Rare #46,532
happened, occurred For events or things that took place.
SP: Los problemas ocurrieron ayer.
EN: The problems happened yesterday.
Conjugation of ocurrir
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third ocurrió ocurrieron

Pero las cosas no ocurrieron así.

But things didn't happen that way.

— Ciudad de Dios (2002)

¿Cuántos ocurrieron en el distrito Mangwon?

How many occurred in the Mangwon district?

— The Chaser (2008)

¡Pero Dios sabe que ocurrieron!

But God knows they happened!

— Manon des sources (1986)

Los dos accidentes ocurrieron al mismo tiempo.

The two accidents occurred at the same time.

Quién sabe, quizás podrán esclarecer algunas cosas que ocurrieron en este país.

Who knows, maybe they’ll be able to shed some light on things that happened in this country.

— Das weiße Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)

Todos ocurrieron en Mangwon.

They all happened in Mangwon.

— The Chaser (2008)