cerrar
/seˈraɾ/ verb A1- to close, to shut · No olvides cerrar la puerta. Don't forget to close the door.· Cierra la ventana, por favor. Shut the window, please.
- to shut down, to close down · Quieren cerrar tu negocio. They're trying to shut your business down.
- to turn off, to shut off (to rotate a tap or valve so as to interrupt the outflow of liquid or gas) · cerrar el grifo to turn off the tap
- to turn off (a light or electrical device) · Puedes cerrar la luz? Can you turn out the light?
- to enclose
- to lock, to lock up
- to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift)
- to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- cerrar
- Gerund
- cerrando
- Past participle
- cerrado
- Present (yo)
- cierro
- Preterite (yo)
- cerré
An irregular verb: some of its forms don’t follow the rules, so learn them by heart.
From the library
Bebé cierra los ojos; pero no está dormido.
Otro animal le cerró el paso; le desafió valiente; le ladró furioso.
Está callada, callada, con la cabeza baja, con los ojos cerrados, con las hojas rotas en las manos caídas.
En toda la noche no cerró Loppi los ojos, pensando en el amanecer, y en los puños alzados de Masicas, que le parecieron un ganso cada uno.
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