happen

/hˈæpən/

/ˈhæpən/

to happen

MAIN VERB

ocurrir

to take place, particularly with no plan

sinónimos : come about

1.1

ocurrir

to take place or occur as the result of an event, process, etc.

1.2

suceder

to occur or be experienced by someone

da la casualidad

used to state that one disagrees with someone or is annoyed by what they have said

encontrarse con

to find or discover something accidentally

sinónimos : bump

Ejemplos

1. The misunderstanding happened because of a lack of communication.

2. The exact same thing happened to my sister last week.

3. The accident happened on the way to work this morning.

4. The door happened to be unlocked.