occorrere

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin occurrere (to run to).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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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

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