Ocorreria

Ocorreria is a verb form in Portuguese. It represents the conditional mood of the verb ocorrer (to occur, to happen) and can correspond to both eu ocorreria and ele ocorreria in standard usage. In practice, this form is used to express what would happen under certain conditions, rather than what is happening or did happen.

Grammatically, ocorreria is the single verb form used for third-person singular and first-person singular in the conditional mood. The conditional is typically employed in hypothetical or contingent statements and often appears in sentences introduced by if clauses or other conditional triggers. Examples include predicting outcomes, speculating about future consequences, or making polite requests in a conditional register.

Common contrasts help clarify its role: ocorrer (infinitive) is the base meaning “to occur”; ocorreu is the simple past (pretérito perfeito) “it happened”; ocorria is the imperfect past “it used to occur.” Ocorreria, by contrast, conveys “would occur.” The imperfect subjunctive form is ocorresse, used in different conditional structures.

Usage notes: ocorreria is more formal and is widely understood in both Brazilian and European Portuguese. It can appear in written or spoken language, especially in discussions of plans, risks, or hypothetical scenarios. Related forms include the other persons in the conditional (eu ocorreria, você ocorreria, nós ocorreríamos, etc.) and synonymous constructions such as vir a ocorrer or poderia ocorrer.

Etymology: derived from the verb ocorrer, which traces back to Latin occurrere, meaning to meet, happen, or occur.