- acontecer
- v.1 to take place, to happen.2 to happen to.Me aconteció algo bueno Something good happened to me.* * *acontecer► verbo intransitivo (Used only in the 3rd person)1 to happen, take place* * *verbto occur, happen* * *VI to happen, occur* * *Iverbo intransitivo (en 3a pers) (frml) to take place, occur (frml)II
los sucesos acontecidos ayer — the events which took place o occurred yesterday
masculinoel diario acontecer — everyday events o occurrences
* * *= befall, go on.Ex. The severe economic crisis that befell scholarly micropublishing in 1987 and 1988 could well recur.Ex. How she ached to be a poet and by some wizardry of pen capture the mysteries going on out there.----* cambiar lo acontencido = change + the course of events.* * *Iverbo intransitivo (en 3a pers) (frml) to take place, occur (frml)IIlos sucesos acontecidos ayer — the events which took place o occurred yesterday
masculinoel diario acontecer — everyday events o occurrences
* * *= befall, go on.Ex: The severe economic crisis that befell scholarly micropublishing in 1987 and 1988 could well recur.
Ex: How she ached to be a poet and by some wizardry of pen capture the mysteries going on out there.* cambiar lo acontencido = change + the course of events.* * *acontecer1 [E3 ]vi(en tercera persona) (frml); to take place, occur (frml), happenlos sucesos acontecidos ayer the events which took place o occurred o happened yesterdayacontecer2masculineel acontecer diario de la vida de un país the everyday events o occurrences in the life of a country* * *
acontecer (conjugate acontecer) verbo intransitivo (en 3a pers) (frml) to take place, occur (frml);◊ los sucesos acontecidos ayer the events which took place o occurred yesterday;
■ sustantivo masculino: el diario acontecer everyday events o occurrences
acontecer verbo intransitivo to happen, take place: este hecho nos aconteció en los años cincuenta, this happened to us in the fifties
'acontecer' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sobrevenir
- suceder
* * *acontecer♦ vito take place, to happen♦ nmel acontecer histórico de este siglo the historical events of this century* * *acontecerv/i take place, occur* * *acontecer {53} vt, (3rd person only) : to occur, to happen
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.