Sucediese (en. Happened)

/suθeˈðjese/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish
verb
Occur or happen.
If a miracle would happen, everything would change.
Si sucediese un milagro, todo cambiaría.
Take place or happen in time.
I didn't know that something so important would happen.
No sabía que sucediese algo tan importante.
Become a thing or situation.
If what I feared would happen, I wouldn't know what to do.
Si sucediese lo que temía, no sabría qué hacer.

Etymology

From Latin 'succeedere', meaning 'to follow behind' or 'to occur'.

Common Phrases and Expressions

If something would happen
Expression indicating the possibility of an event or occurrence.
Si sucediese algo
Whatever would happen
Indicates that, regardless of what happened, one would move forward.
Sucediese lo que sucediese
It wouldn't happen like that
Phrase expressing that something did not occur as expected.
No sucediese así

Related Words

happen
Verb meaning to occur, happen, or take place.
suceder
happens
Third person singular of the present indicative of the verb happen.
sucede
happened
Past tense of the verb happen.
sucedió

Slang Meanings

Something unexpected happened.
We didn't expect it, but whatever would happen, there we were.
No lo esperábamos, pero sucediese lo que sucediese, ahí estábamos.
Everything will turn out fine.
Trust me, whatever would happen, we'll solve it.
Confía, sucediese lo que sucediese, lo resolveremos.