Usage examples of "suceder" in Spanish with translation to English

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¿Qué es lo peor que podría suceder? What's the worse thing that could happen?
Algo malo estaba a punto de suceder. Something wrong was about to happen.
Eso es lo peor que podría suceder. That's the worse thing that could possibly happen.
Tom no cree que eso vaya a suceder. Tom doesn't think that's going to happen.
Allí iba a suceder el acontecimiento más decisivo de su vida. The most decisive event of his life was going to happen there.
Si ellos hubieran sabido lo que estaba a punto de suceder, ellos habrían cambiado sus planes. Had they known what was about to happen, they would have changed their plans.
Esperemos que eso no suceda. Let's hope that doesn't happen.
Por muchos años pensé que era sólo la belleza la que le daba significado a la vida, y que el único propósito que se le pudiera asignar a las generaciones que se suceden las unas a las otras en la cara de esta tierra atestada de gente era el producir un artista de vez en cuando. For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the generations that succeed one another on the face of this crowded earth was to produce an artist now and then.
Esto sucedió por varias razones. This has come about through several causes.
Sí, eso sucede a veces. Yes, that happens from time to time.
¿Quién sabe qué sucederá mañana? There is no telling what will happen tomorrow.
Tom esperaba que esto sucediera. Tom expected this to happen.
No quería que eso sucediera. I didn't want that to happen.
Si eso sucediera, ¿qué harías? Should that happen, what will you do?
No sé exactamente cómo sucedió. I don't quite know how it happened.
Esto sucedió hace mucho tiempo. This happened a long time ago.
Aquel día sucedió algo espeluznante. Something terrifying happened that day.
Algo muy raro sucedió anoche. Something very strange happened last night.
Sucede que tenemos el mismo cumpleaños. It happens that we have the same birthday.
No sé qué le ha sucedido. I don't know what has happened to him.
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