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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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