Ocurran

Ocurran is a form of the Spanish verb ocurrir, meaning to occur, happen, or to occur to someone. Specifically, ocurran is the third-person plural present subjunctive form, used in subordinate clauses and in constructions that require the subjunctive mood. The present subjunctive is commonly triggered by expressions of doubt, possibility, wish, necessity, or after certain conjunctions.

Usage and examples:

Ocurran cambios, if used in a sentence like Es posible que ocurran cambios en la legislación. Here, the clause indicates possibility. Another example: Espero que ocurran pronto, meaning I hope that they occur soon. In a sentence with an explicit subject, the verb agrees in number and person: Que ocurran los hechos would refer to “that the events occur.”

Morphology:

The verb ocurrir conjugates regularly in the present subjunctive for its stem occurr-: yo ocurra, tú ocurras, él ocurra, nosotros ocurramos, vosotros ocurráis, ellos ocurran. The form ocurran specifically marks the third-person plural subject (ellos, ellas, ustedes).

Etymology and notes:

Ocurrir derives from Latin occurre­re, meaning to meet or to happen. In modern Spanish, ocurrir is used in a wide range of contexts to denote events taking place or thoughts arising, with ocurran serving as the mood-appropriate plural form in subordinate clauses. It is not a standalone noun or proper noun; its meaning depends on the surrounding syntactic context.