This is the 2796th most frequent Spanish word.
ocurrieron
"Occurred" or "happened."
In this sentence, 'ocurrieron' is used as the third person plural preterite form of the verb 'ocurrir', indicating that multiple events took place in the past.
Los eventos ocurrieron la semana pasada.
The events occurred last week.
Here, 'ocurrieron' signifies the unfolding or happening of situations, used again in the preterite tense to denote past occurrences.
No sabemos cómo ocurrieron las cosas.
We don't know how things happened.
In this context, 'ocurrieron' refers to changes taking place within an entity, emphasizing the occurrence of developments or transformations in the past.