English → Spanish
occur
/AmE əˈkər 
, BrE əˈkəː /
intransitive verb
present participle occurring past tense, past participle occurred
1
a (take place) () «event/incident» tener lugar (), ocurrir, suceder; «change» producirse (), tener lugar ()
b (appear, be found) «disease/species» darse, encontrarse
that phrase/idea occurs repeatedly in her writings esa frase/idea aparece repetidamente en sus escritos
a sound that doesn't occur in our language un sonido que no existe or no se da en nuestra lengua
if the opportunity occurs … si se presenta la oportunidad …
2 (come to mind) to occur to sb (to + inf) ocurrírsele a algn (+ inf)
that idea had already occurred to me a mí ya se me había ocurrido eso
it didn't occur to me to ask ni se me ocurrió preguntar
it never occurs to him that I might want to go nunca se le ocurre pensar or nunca se le pasa por la imaginación que quizás yo quiera ir