cerrar

Asturian

Verb

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

1. Alternative form of zarrar

Conjugation

Galician

Alternative forms

• zarrar

Etymology

From Old 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

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

Verb

cerrar (first-person singular present cerro, first-person singular preterite cerrei, past participle cerrado)

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

Conjugation

References

• “cerrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “cerrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cerrar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “cerrar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cerrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “cerrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cer‧rar

Verb

cerrar (first-person singular present cerro, first-person singular preterite cerrei, past participle cerrado)

1. to close, shut
2. to seal

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin serrāre (“close, shut”), from Late Latin serāre (“fasten, bolt”), from Latin sera (“bolt, cross-bar”). Compare English serry/serried.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈraɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /seˈraɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ce‧rrar
• Homophone: (Latin America) serrar

Verb

cerrar (first-person singular present cierro, first-person singular preterite cerré, past participle cerrado)

1. (transitive) to close, to shut

   Antonym: abrir

   No olvides cerrar la puerta.

   Don't forget to close the door.

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

   Antonym: abrir

   Quieren cerrar tu negocio.

   They're trying to shut your business down.

3. (transitive) 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

   cerrar la luz ― to turn off the lights

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.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

• “cerrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014