occorrere

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin occurrere (to run to).

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Verb[edit]

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

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) (also with a, [che + subj. or inf.], or [per + inf.]) must; to need; to be necessary
    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. (literary, transitive with a) to occur
    Synonyms: capitare, succedere, accadere
  3. (intransitive, literary) to come to mind
  4. (archaic, transitive with a) to bump into (someone)
  5. (archaic) to help

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