occorrere

Italian

Etymology

From Latin occurrere (“to run to”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /okˈkor.re.re/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -orrere
  • Hyphenation: oc‧cór‧re‧re

Verb

occórrere (first-person singular present occórro, first-person singular past historic occórsi, past participle occórso, auxiliary èssere) [auxiliary essere]

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) must; to need; to be necessary [with a ‘to someone’, along with che (+ subjunctive clause) ‘that ...’ or per (+ infinitive) ‘(in order) to do something’]
    Synonyms: bisognare, necessitare, abbisognare, urgere, servire
    a un buon scrittore occorre la chiarezza
    a good writer needs clarity
    quanto denaro ti occorre per comprare l'auto?
    how much money do you need to buy the car?
    • 2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:
      Non occorreva che glielo dicesse.
      She need not have told him that.
  2. (intransitive, literary) to occur, to happen [with a ‘to someone’]
    Synonyms: capitare, succedere, accadere
  3. (intransitive, literary) to come to mind
  4. (intransitive, archaic) to bump into [with a ‘someone’]
  5. (archaic) to help

Conjugation

    Conjugation of occórrere (root-stressed -ere; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive occórrere
auxiliary verb èssere gerund occorrèndo
present participle occorrènte past participle occórso
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present occórro occórri occórre occorriàmo occorréte occórrono
imperfect occorrévo occorrévi occorréva occorrevàmo occorrevàte occorrévano
past historic occórsi occorrésti occórse occorrémmo occorréste occórsero
future occorrerò occorrerài occorrerà occorrerémo occorreréte occorrerànno
conditional occorrerèi occorrerésti occorrerèbbe, occorrerébbe occorrerémmo occorreréste occorrerèbbero, occorrerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present occórra occórra occórra occorriàmo occorriàte occórrano
imperfect occorréssi occorréssi occorrésse occorréssimo occorréste occorréssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
occórri occórra occorriàmo occorréte occórrano
negative imperative non occórrere non occórra non occorriàmo non occorréte non occórrano
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