cerrar

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

1. Alternative form of zarrar

• zarrar

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”).

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

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. (pronominal) to close, shut

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cerrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cerrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cerrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cerrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cerrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• 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

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.

• Hyphenation: cer‧rar

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

1. to close, shut
2. to seal

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.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeˈraɾ/ [θeˈraɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seˈraɾ/ [seˈraɾ]

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

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)

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

• “cerrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28