ocurrirse

ocurrirse

► verbo pronominal

1 to occur to

■ no se me ocurre nada nothing occurs to me, I can't think of anything

■ a nadie se le ocurrió nada nobody came up with any ideas

■ se me ocurrió pensar que ... it crossed my mind that ..., it occurred to me that

■ ¡se te ocurre cada cosa! you come out with some funny ideas!

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to have an idea, strike

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VPR

se nos ocurrió una idea buenísima — we had a brilliant idea

¿se te ocurre algo? — can you think of anything?

se le ocurrió hacerlo — he thought of doing it

¡ni se te ocurra (hacerlo)! — don't even think about (doing) it!

¡se te ocurren unas cosas! — you've got some right ideas!

si se le ocurre huir — if he takes it into his head to escape

¿cómo no se te ocurrió pensar que ...? — didn't it cross your mind that ...?

se me ocurre que ... — it occurs to me that ...

nunca se me había ocurrido — it had never crossed my mind

¿a quién se le ocurre presentarse a medianoche? — who in their right mind would turn up in the middle of the night?

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■ocurrirse verbo reflexivo no se te ocurra llamar antes de las diez, don't even think about calling before ten
se le ocurrió que fuésemos a Burgos, it occured to him that we could go to Burgos
'ocurrirse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ocurrir
English:
occur
- strike
- come

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vpr

[venir a la cabeza]

se me ha ocurrido una idea I've got an idea;

no se me ocurre ninguna solución I can't think of a solution;

dije lo primero que se me ocurrió I said the first thing that came into my head;

se me ocurre que… it occurs to me that…;

¡ni se te ocurra! don't you dare!;

como se te ocurra desobedecerme te la vas a ganar if you even think of disobeying me, you're in for it;

después del accidente no se le ocurrió nada mejor que comprarse una moto what did he do after the accident but buy a motorbike!;

¡se te ocurre cada cosa! you do come out with some funny things!;

¿cómo se le ocurrió hacer semejante barbaridad? whatever made him do such a frightful thing?;

sólo a tí se te podía ocurrirse algo así only you could come up with something like this;

pero, ¡a quién se le ocurre salir con esta lluvia! it's madness to go out in this rain!

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ocurrirse

v/r

:

se me ocurrió it occurred to me, it struck me

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vr

ocurrirse a : to occur to, to strike

se me ocurrió una mejor idea: a better idea occurred to me

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ocurrirse vb to think [pt. & pp. thought]

no se me ocurre nada más I can't think of anything else

¡ni se te ocurra! don't even think about it!