ocurrencia

f.

1 bright idea (idea).

¡vaya ocurrencia! the very idea!, what an idea!

2 witty remark (dicho gracioso).

3 funny remark, humorous remark, quip, short and clever remark expressed in relation to a particular subject.

4 occurrence, happening, event, happenstance.

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ocurrencia

► nombre femenino

1 (idea) idea; (disparatada) absurd idea

2 (agudeza) witty remark

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FRASEOLOGÍA

¡qué ocurrencia! that's ridiculous!

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SF

1) (=idea) idea

tuvo una ocurrencia genial — he had a brilliant idea

¡vaya ocurrencia! — iró what a bright idea!

tuvo la ocurrencia de lavarse los zapatos en la lavadora — iró he had the bright idea of washing his shoes in the washing machine

2) (=dicho gracioso) funny remark

este niño tiene unas ocurrencias divertidísimas — this child comes out with the funniest remarks

3) frm (=acontecimiento) occurrence

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femenino (comentario gracioso) witty o funny remark, witticism; (idea disparatada) crazy idea

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femenino (comentario gracioso) witty o funny remark, witticism; (idea disparatada) crazy idea

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ocurrencia¹

¹ = witticism, witty remark, quip.

Ex: It uses humor rather than witticisms, and self-deprecation rather than deprecation of the professional field.

Ex: Youll never be short on a witty remark with a database of almost 180000 jokes.

Ex: His genius is sometimes most evident in his quips.

ocurrencia²

² = match, frequency of occurrence, posting, occurrence, token.

Nota: Elemento constituyente de una clase o tipo de objetos.

Ex: If a search returns more than one match, you can select a particular record by entering the record number and pressing <Enter>.

Ex: In computer indexing this will involve statistical analysis of the relative frequency of occurrence of terms.

Ex: An entry in the inverted file consists of the term to be searched, the number of records containing the term (known as the number of postings), and the reference number of those records (known as the addresses).

Ex: Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.

Ex: In this case the data is the number of types, not tokens.

* fichero de ocurrencias = postings file.

* ocurrencias = hit list, hitcount.

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ocurrencia

feminine

A

1 (comentario gracioso) witty o funny remark, witticism

todos celebraban sus ocurrencias they were all laughing at her witty o funny remarks

2 (idea disparatada) crazy idea

B (Ling) occurrence

C (de un suceso) occurrence

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ocurrencia sustantivo femenino (comentario gracioso) witty o funny remark, witticism;
(idea disparatada) crazy idea
ocurrencia sustantivo femenino
1 (comentario ingenioso) witty remark, wisecrack
2 (idea repentina) idea: ¡tienes cada ocurrencia!, what crazy ideas you have!
'ocurrencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
golpe
- gracia
- idea
- salida
- superarse
- celebrar
- cosa
- genialidad
English:
afterthought
- quip
- subtle
- subtlety
- witticism

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ocurrencia nf

1. [idea] bright idea;

¡vaya ocurrencia! the very idea!, what an idea!;

su ocurrencia nos metió en un buen lío his bright idea got us into a real mess

2. [dicho gracioso] witty remark

3. Ling frequency of use

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ocurrencia

f

1 occurrence

2 (chiste) quip, witty remark

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ocurrencia nf

1) : occurrence, event

2) : witticism

3) : bright idea

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ocurrencia n

1. (idea) bright idea

2. (chiste) witty remark