Occur, take place - Transcurrir (The 2205th Most Common Spanish Word)

The Spanish word for Occur, take place is Transcurrir. This word often comes up when talking about being & changes. It can be used as verb. It is the 2205th most commonly used word in Spanish, classified as a B1 word. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word's pronunciation. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common Spanish words. Download it now to discover them all.

Pronunciation

English: occur, take place

Spanish: transcurrir

Examples


Most of his childhood took place in a quiet little town.	La mayor parte de su infancia transcurrió en un pueblito muy tranquilo.
In all of the studies, the main measure of effectiveness was either overall survival time or progression-free survival time (the time taken for the disease to get worse or for the patient to die).	En todos los estudios, el principal criterio para medir la eficacia fue o el tiempo general de supervivencia o la supervivencia sin progresión (el tiempo transcurrido hasta el empeoramiento de la enfermedad o hasta la muerte del paciente).
Consequently, the journey to Minsk took place without incident.	El viaje hasta Minsk transcurrió pues sin incidentes.
Fifteen years have passed since the landmark conference in Beijing took place.	Han transcurrido 15 años desde la histórica conferencia de Beijing.
In all of the studies, the main measure of effectiveness was either overall survival time or progression-free survival time (the time taken for the disease to get worse or for the patient to die).	En todos los estudios, el principal criterio para medir la eficacia fue o el tiempo general de supervivencia o la supervivencia sin progresión (el tiempo transcurrido hasta el empeoramiento de la enfermedad o hasta la muerte del paciente).
That didn't even occur to me.	Nunca me pasó por la mente.
He'll be taking an exam next week.	Él tiene prueba la próxima semana.
The baby was taken care of by its grandmother.	El bebé fue cuidado por su abuela.

A good idea occurred to me at that time.	Entonces se me ocurrió una buena idea.
I enjoy taking pictures.	Me gusta tomar fotos.
The meeting took place yesterday.	La reunión fue ayer.
Let's have a picture taken.	Vamos a pedir que nos hagan una foto.
I feel like taking a bath now.	Tengo ganas de darme un baño ahora.
This shouldn't have occurred.	Eso no debía pasar.
I am often mistaken.	A menudo no hago las cosas bien.
This kind of thing doesn't occur very often.	Este tipo de cosas no ocurre muy a menudo.
It's taking forever.	Eso no va a terminar nunca.
This is the place where the battle took place.	Éste es el lugar donde tuvo lugar la batalla.
Please give me help in taking this down.	Por favor, ayúdame a bajar esto.
A bright idea occurred to me.	Se me ocurrió una idea brillante.
A bright idea occurred to me.	Vino a mi mente una idea brillante.