- sobrevenir
- v.1 to happen, to ensue.sobrevino la guerra the war intervened2 to happen unexpectedly, to come about, to occur, to happen.3 to happen unexpectedly to, to happen to.A María le sobrevino un problema A problem happened unexpectedly to Mary.* * *sobrevenir► verbo intransitivo1 to happen to, befall■ no sabremos nunca lo que le sobrevino we'll never know what happened to her* * *VI (=ocurrir) to happen, happen unexpectedly; (=resultar) to follow, ensue* * *verbo intransitivo desgracia/accidente to strike
me sobrevino una extraña sensación — a strange feeling came over me
le sobrevino la muerte — he was struck down
* * *verbo intransitivo desgracia/accidente to strikeme sobrevino una extraña sensación — a strange feeling came over me
le sobrevino la muerte — he was struck down
* * *sobrevenir [I31 ]vi«desgracia/accidente» to strikeal sobrevenir la guerra when war broke outme sobrevino una extraña sensación a strange feeling came over mele sobrevino la muerte he was struck downese año sobrevino un hecho que habría de cambiar el curso de la historia that year something happened which was to change the course of historypueden sobrevenir alucinaciones hallucinations may occur* * *
sobrevenir (conjugate sobrevenir) verbo intransitivo [desgracia/accidente] to strike
sobrevenir verbo intransitivo
1 (acontecer repentinamente) to happen all of a sudden
2 (venir tras, suceder) to follow, come after
'sobrevenir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
acometer
- dar
- entrar
- surgir
- venir
English:
strike
- supervene
* * *sobrevenir vito occur;sobrevino la guerra the war intervened;estaban en el extranjero cuando sobrevino la epidemia they were abroad when the epidemic broke out o occurred;no supieron reaccionar cuando sobrevino el desastre they failed to react when the disaster struck o occurred;la enfermedad le sobrevino durante las vacaciones he was struck down by the illness during the holidays* * *sobrevenirv/i happen; de guerra break out* * *sobrevenir {87} viacaecer: to take place, to come aboutpodrían sobrevenir complicaciones: complications could occur
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.