Also means
to spring up suddenly
Usage Note
Surgir implies a sudden, unexpected appearance — a person surgit de nulle part ('appears out of nowhere') or a problem surgit unexpectedly. It is an intransitive verb and cannot take a direct object, unlike faire surgir ('to cause to arise'), which is transitive.
Examples
"Un problème inattendu a surgi hier soir."
Natural Translation
An unexpected problem arose last night.
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