| Principal Translations |
| closed adj | (door: not open) | cerrado/a adj |
| | Please keep the bedroom door closed. |
| | Por favor, mantén cerrada la puerta del dormitorio. |
| closed adj | (business, store: not open) | cerrado/a adj |
| | Most businesses are closed on Christmas. |
| | La mayoría de los negocios están cerrados en Navidad. |
| closed adj | (shut down) | cerrado/a adj |
| | We used to eat at that restaurant often, but it's closed now. |
| | Solíamos ir mucho a ese restaurante, pero ahora está cerrado. |
| closed to [sth/sb] adj + prep | (not open physically) | cerrado a adj + prep |
| | | cerrado para adj + prep |
| | | cerrado por adj + prep |
| | The road is closed to traffic while it is being repaired. |
| | La carretera está cerrada al tránsito mientras la reparan. |
| closed to [sth/sb] adj + prep | (not accessible to) | cerrado a adj + prep |
| | | cerrado para adj + prep |
| | Access to the online resources is closed to anyone who has not paid a subscription. |
| | El acceso a los recursos en línea está cerrado a cualquiera que no haya pagado la subscripción. |
| closed adj | (circle: completed) | cerrado/a adj |
| | Sketch a closed circle on the graph paper. |
| | Dibuja un círculo cerrado en el papel cuadriculado. |
| closed adj | figurative (mind: not open) | cerrado/a adj |
| | It can be difficult to talk with someone who has a closed mind. |
| | Puede resultar difícil hablar con una persona de mente cerrada. |
| closed to [sth] adj + prep | figurative (not willing to accept) (figurado) | cerrado a adj + prep |
| | | cerrado ante adj + prep |
| | Antonia is closed to the idea. |
| | Antonia está cerrada a la idea. |
| Principal Translations |
| close adv | (nearby) (a corta distancia) | cerca adv |
| | Keep your phone close, in case he calls! |
| | Mantén el teléfono cerca por si él te llama. |
| close adj | (near) | cerca adj |
| | | cercano/a adj |
| | Be careful, the 'edit' and 'delete' buttons are dangerously close! |
| | Ten cuidado, los botones de editar y de borrar están peligrosamente cerca. |
| close to [sth/sb] prep | (near to) | cerca de loc prep |
| | The bank is close to the post office. |
| | El banco está cerca de la oficina de correos. |
| close adj | (relation: near) | hermano/a adj |
| | The two boys are close cousins. |
| | Los dos chicos son primos hermanos. |
| close adj | (people: intimate) (amistad) | íntimo/a adj |
| | | bueno/a adj |
| | Jill and I are close friends. |
| | Jill y yo somos amigas íntimas. |
| | Jill y yo somos buenas amigas. |
| close to [sb] adj + prep | figurative (intimate with) | tener una relación íntima con loc verb + prep |
| | | ser cercano a v cop + loc adj |
| | Ben has always been close to his sister. |
| | Ben siempre ha tenido una relación íntima con su hermana. |
| close adj | (closely associated) | cercano/a, próximo/a adj |
| | Her philosophy is close to that of Roger, who was her teacher and mentor. |
| | Su filosofía es cercana a la de Roger, quien fue su maestro y mentor. |
| close [sth]⇒ vtr | (shut) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | Please close the window. |
| | Por favor, cierra la ventana. |
| close⇒ vi | (become shut) | cerrarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The door slowly closed. |
| | La puerta se cerró con lentitud. |
| Additional Translations |
| close adj | (united) | próximo/a, cercano/a adj |
| | Their views about history are extremely close. |
| | Los posturas de ambos sobre la historia son sumamente próximas. |
| close adj | (similar) | parecido/a adj |
| | | similar adj |
| | The twins are close in appearance. |
| | Los mellizos son muy parecidos. |
| close adj | (relationship: intimate) (lazo, amistad, relación) | estrecho/a adj |
| | | íntimo/a adj |
| | They have a close, romantic relationship. |
| | Tienen una relación estrecha y romántica. |
| close adj | (compact, tight) | apretado/a adj |
| | My sweater has a close weave. |
| | Mi suéter es de un tejido apretado. |
| close adj | (fitting tightly) | ir justo loc verb |
| | This key is a close fit to the lock. |
| | Esta llave va justo en el cerrojo. |
| close adj | (cut near to the base) (ES, afeitado) | apurado/a adj |
| | I prefer a straight razor because it gives me a close shave. |
| | Prefiero una navaja recta porque me da un afeitado apurado. |
| | (cerca de la raíz) | a ras loc adv |
| | (AR, CL) | al ras loc adv |
| | Prefiero una navaja recta porque me da un afeitado a ras. |
| | Prefiero una navaja recta porque me da un afeitado al ras. |
| close adj | (on topic) (a un tema) | ceñirse⇒ v prnl |
| | | limitarse⇒ v prnl |
| | | dentro del tema, en el tema loc adv |
| | Please stay close to the question under discussion. |
| | Por favor, cíñase al asunto que se discute. |
| | Por favor, limítese al asunto que se discute. |
| | Por favor, manténgase dentro del tema que se discute. |
| close adj | (rigorous) | minucioso/a, riguroso/a adj |
| | | profundo/a adj |
| | | detallado/a adj |
| | | detenido/a adj |
| | A close examination will reveal that the theory is correct. |
| | Un examen minucioso revelará que la teoría es correcta. |
| | Un examen profundo revelará que la teoría es correcta. |
| | Un examen detenido revelará que la teoría es correcta. |
| close adj | informal (atmosphere: stuffy) (ambiente) | sofocante adj mf |
| | | pesado/a, cargado/a adj |
| | | viciado/a adj |
| | The atmosphere in the room was close. |
| | El aire en ese cuarto era sofocante. |
| | El aire en ese cuarto estaba pesado. |
| | El aire en ese cuarto estaba viciado. |
| close adj | (contest: almost even) (competencia, elección) | reñido/a, disputado adj |
| | Alan won a close race. |
| | Alan ganó una carrera muy reñida. |
| close adj | (secret: well guarded) | bien guardado loc adj |
| | | oculto/a adj |
| | The information was a close secret. |
| | La información era un secreto bien guardado. |
| | La información estaba oculta. |
| close adj | (confined) | reducido/a adj |
| | The guards kept the prisoner at close quarters. |
| | Los guardias mantenían encerrado al prisionero en un espacio reducido. |
| close to [sth] adj + prep | (nearly equal, almost) | casi adv |
| | | más o menos loc adv |
| | You and I are close to the same height. |
| | Tú y yo tenemos casi la misma altura. |
| | Tú y yo tenemos más o menos la misma altura. |
| close n | (act of closing) (horario) | cierre nm |
| | You have to finish by close of business today. |
| | Tienes que terminar hoy para la hora de cierre. |
| close n | (conclusion) | conclusión nf |
| | | fin, final nm |
| | The conference came to a close. |
| | La conferencia llegó a su conclusión. |
| close n | UK (cul-de-sac) | calle sin salida grupo nom |
| | | quinta nf |
| | | calle cerrada nf + adj |
| | We live on a lovely close near the edge of town. |
| | Vivíamos en una bonita calle sin salida en las afueras de la localidad. |
| close vi | (unite) | unirse⇒ v prnl |
| | Her hands closed in prayer as she bowed her head. |
| | Sus manos se unieron en oración mientras inclinaba la cabeza. |
| close vi | (end) | concluir⇒, terminar⇒, finalizar⇒ vtr |
| | | acabarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The proceedings closed on time. |
| | El proceso concluyó a horario. |
| | El proceso se acabó a tiempo. |
| close vi | (cease to operate) (definitivamente) | cerrar⇒ vi |
| | My favourite restaurant closed. |
| | Mi restaurante favorito cerró. |
| close vi | (store: cease trading) | cerrar⇒ vi |
| | The store closed at nine pm. |
| | La tienda cerró a las 9 de la noche. |
| close vi | (end performances) | concluir⇒ vtr |
| | (AR, espectáculo) | levantar⇒ vtr |
| | The play closes on Monday. |
| | La obra concluye este lunes. |
| | La obra se levanta este lunes. |
| close vi | (financial: market day end) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | The market closed on a high today. |
| | El mercado cerró al alza hoy. |
| close [sth]⇒ vtr | (fill in) (abertura) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | | tapar⇒ vtr |
| | | llenar⇒ vtr |
| | | cegar⇒ vtr |
| | The builders closed the wall with the last brick. |
| | Los albañiles cerraron la pared con el último ladrillo. |
| | Los albañiles cegaron el hueco en la pared con el último ladrillo. |
| close [sth] vtr | (conclude) (acto, evento) | cerrar⇒, clausurar⇒ vtr |
| | The final speaker closed the session. |
| | El último orador cerró la sesión. |
| close [sth] vtr | (block) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | | bloquear⇒ vtr |
| | Workers have closed the road. |
| | Los obreros cerraron el camino. |
| | Los obreros bloquearon el camino. |
| close [sth] vtr | (join, unite) | cerrar⇒, completar⇒ vtr |
| | The people closed the circle by joining hands. |
| | La gente cerró el círculo uniendo sus manos. |
| close [sth] vtr | (finalize) | finalizar⇒, terminar⇒, cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | | concluir⇒ vtr |
| | Let's close the negotiations now. |
| | Vamos a finalizar las negociaciones ahora. |
| close [sth] vtr | informal (make a sale) (trato, negocio) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | | sellar⇒ vtr |
| | The salesman hopes to close the deal today. |
| | El vendedor espera cerrar el trato hoy. |
| close [sth] vtr | (cease operations) | cerrar⇒, parar⇒ vtr |
| | The company closed the factory on Christmas day. |
| | La empresa cerró la fábrica el día de Navidad. |
| close [sth] vtr | (nautical: approach) | tocar tierra loc verb |
| | | atracar⇒ vi |
| | The ship closed land that morning. |
| | El buque tocó tierra esa mañana. |
| | El buque atracó esa mañana. |
Locuciones verbales
close | closed |
| close down vi phrasal | (business: cease trading) | cerrar⇒ vi |
| | When the doctor was killed, the clinic was forced to close down. |
| | Cuando mataron al doctor tuvieron que cerrar la clínica. |
| close [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (prevent [sth] from operating) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | | clausurar⇒ vtr |
| | The Women's Anti-Exploitation League vowed to close down the porno shop. |
| | La sociedad contra la explotación de mujeres juró cerrar el local de pornografía. |
| close in vi phrasal | (pursuit: get closer) | acercarse⇒ v prnl |
| | The enemy was closing in; the soldier clutched his rifle and prepared to fight to the death. |
| | El enemigo se acercaba, el soldado tomó su rifle y se preparó para una pelea a muerte. |
| close in on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (pursuit: get closer) (coloquial) | pisar los talones a loc verb |
| | Drive faster! The cops are closing in on us! |
| | ¡Conduce más deprisa! ¡Los polis nos pisan los talones! |
| close in on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (make claustrophobic) (figurado) | venirse encima loc verb |
| | Inside the small room, he felt like the walls were closing in on him. |
| | Dentro de la pequeña habitación sentía que las paredes se le venían encima. |
close [sth] off,
close off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (block, shut off) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | The police closed off the road due to a bad accident. |
| | La policía cerró la carretera debido a un grave accidente. |
| close out vi phrasal | US (discount stock) | liquidar⇒ vtr |
| | Estamos liquidando por cierre, precios irrisorios. ¡Aproveche! |
| close [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | US (account: terminate) | cancelar⇒ vtr |
| | Ya podemos cancelar la cuenta de la hipoteca. |
| close [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (sport: bring to end) (deporte) | finalizar⇒ vtr |
| | | dar por terminado loc verb |
| | The team closed the game out with a goal in the final minute to win 3-1. |
| | El equipo finalizó el partido con un gol de último minuto y ganó 3 a 1. |
| close [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | (exclude, prevent from entering) | dejar afuera a loc verb |
| | | dejar fuera a loc verb |
| | Bill closed the dog out of the room. |
| | Bill dejó afuera al perro. |
| close [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | US (bar tab, etc.: settle) | saldar⇒ vtr |
| close up vi phrasal | (shop: shut) (un negocio) | echar el cierre loc verb |
| | He closed up and counted the day's takings. |
| | Echó el cierre y contó la recaudación del día. |
| close up vi phrasal | (wound: heal) (las heridas) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | The wound will gradually close up over time. |
| | La herida cerrará con el tiempo. |
close [sth] up,
close up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (shut) | cerrar⇒ vtr |
| | Nina closed up the shop and went home. |
| | Nina cerró el negocio y se fue a su casa. |
Compound Forms:
closed | close |
| account closed n | (law: deactivated) | cuenta cerrada nf + adj |
| | | cuenta cancelada nf + adj |
| behind closed doors adv | (in private) | a puertas cerradas loc adv |
| | The committee held the meeting behind closed doors. |
| | El comité tuvo la reunión a puertas cerradas. |
| CCTV n | initialism (closed-circuit television) | circuito cerrado de televisión loc nom m |
| | | videovigilancia nf |
| | The robbery was captured on the bank's CCTV. |
close-minded,
closed-minded adj | (blinkered, intolerant) | cerrado/a adj |
| | He's so close-minded I can't discuss politics with him at all. |
| | Es tan cerrado que resulta imposible discutir de política con él. |
| closed book n | figurative ([sb], [sth] hard to know) | reservado/a adj |
| | Whilst he lived, the singer carefully guarded his privacy; his personal life remained a closed book until after his death. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Pedro es muy reservado, rara vez cuenta cosas personales. |
| | | enigma nm |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Juan era un enigma, nadie sabía nada de su pasado o de su vida. |
| | | inaccesible adj |
| | (figurado) | libro cerrado nm + adj |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Es un hombre inaccesible, no se abre con nadie. |
| closed caption n | usually plural (TV, film: subtitle) | subtítulos ocultos loc nom mpl |
| | | subtítulos cerrados loc nom mpl |
| closed chain n | (chemistry) (química) | cadena cerrada nf + adj |
| closed circuit n | (electronics) | circuito cerrado loc nom m |
closed circuit,
closed-circuit n as adj | (TV, electronics) | de circuito cerrado loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is usually used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
closed corporation,
close corporation n | (business) | corporación cerrada nf +adj |
| closed couplet n | (poetry) (poesía) | copla cerrada loc nom f |
| | | pareado cerrado loc nom m |
closed down,
closed-down adj | (gone out of business) | clausurado adj |
| | | cerrado/a adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | They are going to open a clothing store on the site of that closed-down restaurant. |
| | Van a abrir una nueva tienda de ropa en donde estaba ese restaurante clausurado. |
closed gentian,
bottle gentian | (flowering plant of US) | botella de genciana loc nom f |
| | | genciana cerrada loc nom f |
| closed loop n | (signal path) | bucle cerrado loc nom m |
closed loop,
closed-loop n as adj | (of processing system) | de bucle cerrado loc adj |
closed loop,
closed-loop n as adj | (of automatic control system) | de bucle cerrado loc adj |
| closed meeting n | (discussion: members only) | reunión a puerta cerrada nf + loc adv |
| | Although some members urged a public debate, the majority thought the matter was so sensitive that it should only be discussed at a closed meeting. |
| | Aunque algunos miembros pedían un debate público, la mayoría pensó que el asunto era tan sensible que debía discutirse en una reunión a puerta cerrada. |
| | | reunión privada nf + adj |
| | Aunque algunos miembros pedían un debate público, la mayoría pensó que el asunto era tan sensible que debía discutirse en una reunión privada. |
| closed mind n | (not accepting new ideas) (figurado) | mente estrecha nf + adj |
| | His closed mind will not allow him to even think about it. |
| | (figurado) | de ideas cerradas loc adj |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Mi suegro es un hombre de ideas cerradas. Vive en el siglo XIX y no sale de allí. |
| | (figurado) | mente cerrada nf + adj |
| closed session n | US (law: not public) | sesión privada nf + adj |
| | | sesión cerrada nf + adj |
| | | sesión a puerta cerrada grupo nom |
| closed set | (mathematics) | conjunto cerrado nm + adj |
| closed shop n | figurative (business: union shop) | empresa que requiere que todo empleado se una al sindicato nf + loc adj |
| closed trial n | (law: not public) | juicio a puertas cerradas nm + loc adj |
| | | juicio a puerta cerrada nm + loc adj |
| closed universe n | (cosmology) | universo cerrado loc nom m |
| closed-captioned adj | (TV show: with captions) | con close caption loc adj |
| | | con subtitulado oculto loc adj |
| closed-circuit television n | (monitoring system) | circuito cerrado de televisión loc nom m |
| | The thief was caught stealing the car on closed-circuit television. |
| | ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. Los ladrones fueron capturados gracias a que la tienda tenía circuito cerrado de televisión. |
| closed-door adj | figurative (secret or restricted) | a puerta cerrada loc adj |
| closed-ended question n | (enquiry eliciting "yes" or "no") | pregunta cerrada loc nom f |
| | | pregunta que se pueda contestar por sí o por no nf + loc adj |
| closed-loop system n | (business or production system) | sistema de control de bucle cerrado nm + loc adj |
| | | sistema de control de lazo cerrado nm + loc adj |
| half-closed adj | (partly closed) | parcialmente cerrado adv + adj |
| | | medio cerrado loc adj |
| simple closed curve n | (math: connected curve) | curva cerrada simple loc nom f |
simple fracture,
closed fracture n | (straightforward break in a bone) | fractura simple loc nom f |