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2 Translation results for happening in Spanish

noun | verb

happening noun

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happenings
suceso, acontecimiento

Example sentences of
happening noun

  • the President's visit to the school was a real happening for teachers and students alike
  • gave a detailed account of all the happenings of the weekend

happen verb

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happened, has happened, is happening, happens
pasar, ocurrir, suceder, tener lugar; acontecer; resultar, ocurrir por casualidad

Example sentences of
happen verb

  • Something like that was bound to happen sooner or later.
  • You never know what's going to happen when they get together.
  • What happened at school today?
  • “What's happening?” “They're installing new equipment.”

Synonyms of
happen verb

Detailed synonyms for happen verb

Happen, take place, occur, develop significan acaecer o efectuarse.
  • Happen, take place, occur son los términos comunes y generales que se aplican a cualquier hecho que se efectúa, sea o no con causalidad o intención obvia <remembering an incident that happened in his childhood> <the wedding took place yesterday> <told him what had occurred in the middle of the night>.
  • Develop sugiere que llega a existir gradualmente <a dangerous situation is developing>.

Reverse translation for happening

suceso  - event, happening, occurrence, incident, crime 
acontecimiento  - event 
pasar  - to pass, to give, to pass, to go by, to come by, to pass (a test), to come in, to enter, to happen, to go over, to cross, to manage, to get by, to spend (time), to tolerate, to be over, to end, to go through, to suffer, to show (a movie, etc.), to overtake, to 
ocurrir  - to occur, to happen, to take place 
suceder  - to happen, to occur 
acontecer  - to occur, to happen 
resultar  - to work, to work out, to prove, to turn out to be 
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