happen

/hˈæpən/

/ˈhæpən/

to happen

MAIN VERB

arriver

to take place, particularly with no plan

Synonymes : come about

1.1

se passer

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

1.2

arriver

to occur or be experienced by someone

se trouver

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

se trouver

to find or discover something accidentally

Synonymes : bump

Exemples

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.