cerrar

Asturian

Verb

cerrar (first-person singular indicative present cerro, past participle cerráu)

1. Alternative form of zarrar

Conjugation

Conjugation of cerrar

infinitive		cerrar
gerund		cerrando
past participle		m cerráu, f cerrada, n cerrao, m pl cerraos, f pl cerraes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	cerro	cerres	cerra	cerramos	cerráis	cerren
	imperfect	cerraba	cerrabes	cerraba	cerrábemos, cerrábamos	cerrabeis, cerrabais	cerraben
	preterite	cerré	cerrasti, cerresti	cerró	cerremos	cerrastis, cerrestis	cerraron
	pluperfect	cerrare, cerrara	cerrares, cerraras	cerrare, cerrara	cerráremos, cerráramos	cerrareis, cerrarais	cerraren, cerraran
	future	cerraré	cerrarás	cerrará	cerraremos	cerraréis	cerrarán
	conditional	cerraría	cerraríes	cerraría	cerraríemos, cerraríamos	cerraríeis, cerraríais	cerraríen
subjunctive	present	cerre	cerres, cerras	cerre	cerremos	cerréis	cerren, cerran
	imperfect	cerrare, cerrara	cerrares, cerraras	cerrare, cerrara	cerráremos, cerráramos	cerrareis, cerrarais	cerraren, cerraran
imperative		—	cerra	—	—	cerrái	—

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Galician

Alternative forms

• zarrar

Etymology

From Galician-Portuguese serrar, çerrar, sarrar, çarrar, from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serō, serāre (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θɛˈraɾ/
• IPA^(key): /sɛˈraɾ/

Verb

1. (transitive) to close, shut
2. (transitive) to seal
3. (transitive) to enclose
4. (intransitive) to darken, dim
5. (intransitive) to conclude
6. (pronominal) to close, shut

References

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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cerrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese serrar, çerrar, sarrar, çarrar, from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”). Cognate with Galician cerrar, Spanish cerrar, French serrer and Italian serrare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɨ.ˈʁaɾ/
• Hyphenation: cer‧rar

Verb

1. to close, shut
2. to seal
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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”). Compare English serry/serried.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈraɾ/ [θeˈraɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈraɾ/ [seˈraɾ]
• Homophone: serrar (non-Castilian)
• Hyphenation: ce‧rrar

Verb

1. (transitive) to close

   No olvides cerrar la puerta.

   Don't forget to close the door.

   Antonym: abrir

2. (transitive) to shut

   No olvides cerrar la puerta.

   Don't forget to shut the door.

3. (transitive) to shut down, to close down

   Están intentando cerrar tu negocio.

   They're trying to shut your business down.

   Antonym: abrir

4. (transitive) to enclose
5. to lock, to lock up
6. to seal, to close (e.g. a deal, a breach, a rift)
7. to close up, to close off (e.g. a wound)
8. to close, to conclude, to end
9. (reflexive) to close (itself) (e.g., a store, a door)
10. (reflexive) to close off (oneself)

Usage notes

To specify that you mean to "lock" and not just "close" or "shut", include con llave following cerrar.

Derived terms

• cerrado
• cerradura
• cerrajería
• cerrajero
• cerrar la brecha (“to close or bridge the gap”)
• cerrar la marcha
• cerrazón
• cerrojo
• cierre
• descerrajadura
• descerrajar
• en un abrir y cerrar de ojos
• encerrar
• libro cerrado (“closed book”) (idiomatic)

 

Further reading

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