accadere
happen
verb ahk-kah-DEH-reh Less Common
Origin: from Latin 'accidere', to fall upon
Also means
occur
Usage Note
Accadere means to happen, a slightly more formal synonym of succedere. It conjugates like cadere (irregular: accade, accadde, accaduto) and takes essere in compound tenses. It is often impersonal: accade che ('it happens that').
Examples
"Cosa è accaduto ieri sera?"
Natural Translation
What happened last night?
Literal Translation
What is happened yesterday evening?

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