happen

Pronúncia: ˈhæpən
    intransitive verb
  1. passar.
  2. what’s happening? què passa?
  3. how did it happen? com ha anat?
  4. an accident happened hi ha hagut un accident.
  5. whatever happens passi el que passi.
  6. what happened to John? què se n’ha fet, d’en Joan?, què s’ha fet d’en Joan?
  7. as if nothing had happened com si res no hagués passat.
  8. how does it happen that...? com pot ser que ... subjunctiu?

    9. [come by chance]
  9. I happened to be there va resultar que jo era allà per casualitat.
  10. a car happened to be passing per casualitat.
  11. do you happen to know whether it’s true (or not)? no saps pas per casualitat si és veritat (o no)?

  12. to happen on the solution trobar la solució.
  13. to happen in United States entrar (a casa d’algú) tot passant.