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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: | Principal Translations |
| happen⇒ vi | (occur) | pasar⇒, ocurrir⇒ vi |
| | (formal) | acontecer⇒, suceder⇒ vi |
| | A lot of things have happened since last year. |
| | Un montón de cosas han ocurrido (or: pasado) desde el año pasado. |
| | Un montón de cosas han acontecido desde el año pasado. |
| happen to [sb] vi + prep | (befall) | pasarle a, ocurrirle a vi + prep |
| | (formal) | acontecerle a, sucederle a vi + prep |
| | Getting this job was the best thing that's ever happened to me. |
| | Obtener este trabajo es lo mejor que me ha pasado en la vida. |
| happen to [sb/sth] vi + prep | (become of) | pasar con vi + prep |
| | | ser de vi + prep |
| | What happened to that book I lent you? |
| | ¿Qué pasó con ese libro que te presté? |
| | ¿Qué fue de ese libro que te presté? |
| happen to do [sth] v expr | (chance to) | por casualidad, de casualidad loc adv |
| | Did you happen to see my keys? |
| | ¿Has visto mis llaves por casualidad? |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: Locuciones verbales
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| happen along vi phrasal | (arrive somewhere by chance) | aparecer⇒ vi |
| happen by [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (chance upon) | dar con vi + prep |
| | Whilst in town, I happened by a photographic store and bought myself a new digicam. |
| | Cuando estaba en el pueblo di con una casa de fotografía y me compré una nueva cámara digital. |
happen on [sth/sb],
happen upon [sth/sb] vtr phrasal insep | dated, literary (find, encounter) | encontrarse con v prnl + prep |
| | | toparse con v prnl + prep |
| | | encontrar⇒ vtr |
| | I happened on an interesting article about Cuba in the newspaper. |
| | Me encontré con un artículo interesante sobre Cuba en el diario. |
WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026: Compound Forms:
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| about to happen adj | (imminent) | inminente adj |
| | | que vaya a suceder en breve expr |
| | | que vaya a suceder pronto expr |
| | You want me to give you money? That's not about to happen. |
| | ¿Quieres que te dé dinero? Eso no es algo inminente. |
| | ¿Quieres que te dé dinero? Eso no es algo que vaya a suceder en breve. |
| | | a punto de ocurrir loc adv |
| | ¿Quieres que te dé dinero? Eso no es algo que esté a punto de ocurrir. |
| accidents will happen expr | (sometimes mishaps cannot be avoided) | los accidentes son inevitables expr |
| | | son cosas que pasan expr |
| happen by chance v expr | (be lucky, coincidental) | suceder por casualidad vi + loc adv |
| | (informal) | pasar por casualidad vi + loc adv |
| | | ocurrir por casualidad vi + loc adv |
| | We weren't trying to get pregnant; it happened by chance. |
| | No buscábamos quedar embarazados: sucedió por casualidad. |
| happen to be v expr | (be by any chance) | poder ser loc verb |
| | | casualmente adv |
| | Would that happen to be the book I've been searching for? |
| | ¿Podría ser ese el libro que andaba buscando? |
| | ¿Ese podría ser casualmente el libro que andaba buscando? |
| just so happen to do [sth] v expr | (coincidentally) | de casualidad loc adv |
| | | casualmente adv |
| | I called a plumber, who just so happened to be in the area and came immediately to fix my sink. |
just so happen,
just so happen that v expr | (with clause: coincidentally) | ocurre que, sucede que expr |
| | | da la casualidad de que expr |
| make it happen v expr | informal (turn into reality) | hacer algo realidad loc verb |
| | I had the original idea, but you made it happen. |
| | A mí se me ocurrió la idea, pero tú la hiciste realidad. |
| make things happen v expr | (have power and influence) | realizar⇒, ejecutar⇒, lograr⇒ vtr |
| | I want to become friends with Burt--he's a guy who makes things happen. |
so happen,
so happen that v expr | (with clause: be the case that) | sucede que expr |
| | | ocurre que expr |
| | It so happened that the house Goldilocks had wandered into belonged to three bears. |
| will [sth] to happen⇒ vtr | (make happen by wishing) | desear que [+ infinitivo] vtr + conj |
| | | querer que [+ infinitivo] vtr + conj |
| | It doesn't just happen. You need to will it to happen. |
| | Las cosas no suceden porque sí: tienes que desear que sucedan. |
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