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SPANISH VERB

ocurrirse

to occur to someone, to think of

  • #481 most used
  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: ocurriéndose
  • Past participle: ocurrido

Conjugation

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Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I occur to someone
  2. tú you occur to someone
  3. usted, él, ella he/she occurs to someone
  4. nosotros we occur to someone
  5. vosotros Spain you all occur to someone
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they occur to someone

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I occured to someone
  2. tú you occured to someone
  3. usted, él, ella he/she occured to someone
  4. nosotros we occured to someone
  5. vosotros Spain you all occured to someone
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they occured to someone

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to occur to someone
  2. tú you used to occur to someone
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to occur to someone
  4. nosotros we used to occur to someone
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to occur to someone
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to occur to someone

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will occur to someone
  2. tú you will occur to someone
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will occur to someone
  4. nosotros we will occur to someone
  5. vosotros Spain you all will occur to someone
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will occur to someone

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would occur to someone
  2. tú you would occur to someone
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would occur to someone
  4. nosotros we would occur to someone
  5. vosotros Spain you all would occur to someone
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would occur to someone

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I occur to someone
  2. tú (that) you occur to someone
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she occur to someone
  4. nosotros (that) we occur to someone
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all occur to someone
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they occur to someone

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I occured to someone
  2. tú (if) you occured to someone
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she occured to someone
  4. nosotros (if) we occured to someone
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all occured to someone
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they occured to someone

How to use ocurrirse

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Se me ocurre que podríamos cenar fuera hoy.

    It occurs to me that we could eat out tonight.

  2. Past

    ¿Cómo se te ocurrió regalarle un pez?

    How did you come up with giving him a fish?

  3. Imperfect

    A mi abuela siempre se le ocurrían cuentos nuevos.

    My grandma always came up with new stories.

  4. Future

    Ya se nos ocurrirá algo para el cumpleaños.

    We'll think of something for the birthday.

  5. Conditional

    A nadie se le ocurriría ir a la playa en enero.

    Nobody would think of going to the beach in January.

  6. Present subjunctive

    ¡Ni se te ocurra tocar mi tarta!

    Don't you dare touch my cake!

  7. Past subjunctive

    No esperaba que se le ocurriera una idea tan buena.

    I didn't expect him to come up with such a good idea.

Good to know

  • It goes with me, te, le: se me ocurre una idea is "an idea occurs to me".
  • "¡Ni se te ocurra!" is "don't you dare!".

Where you hear ocurrirse

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Advanced Level 3

  • Siempre se me ocurre algo en la ducha. I always think of something in the shower.
  • Se me ocurrió el título en el tren. The title came to me on the train.
  • Ya se nos ocurrirá algo para el discurso. We'll think of something for the speech.
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Don't Look at the Clock

Advanced Level 3 · ni se te ocurra

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Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.