cerrar
Asturian
Verb
cerrar
- Alternative form of zarrar
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Galician-Portuguese serrar, çerrar, sarrar, çarrar, from Late Latin serāre.
Pronunciation
Verb
cerrar (first-person singular present cerro, first-person singular preterite cerrei, past participle cerrado)
- (transitive) to close, to shut
- (transitive) to seal
- (transitive) to enclose
- (intransitive) to darken, to dim
- (intransitive) to conclude
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to close, to shut
Conjugation
| infinitive | cerrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cerrando | ||||||
| past participle | singular | plural | |||||
| masculine | cerrado | cerrados | |||||
| feminine | cerrada | cerradas | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
| present | cerro | cerras | cerra | cerramos | cerrades | cerran | |
| imperfect | cerraba | cerrabas | cerraba | cerrabamos | cerrabades | cerraban | |
| preterite | cerrei | cerraches | cerrou | cerramos | cerrastes | cerraron | |
| pluperfect | cerrara | cerraras | cerrara | cerraramos | cerrarades | cerraran | |
| future | cerrarei | cerrarás | cerrará | cerraremos | cerraredes | cerrarán | |
| conditional | cerraría | cerrarías | cerraría | cerrariamos | cerrariades | cerrarían | |
| subjunctive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
| present | cerre | cerres | cerre | cerremos | cerredes | cerren | |
| preterite | cerrase | cerrases | cerrase | cerrásemos | cerrásedes | cerrasen | |
| future | cerrar | cerrares | cerrar | cerrarmos | cerrardes | cerraren | |
| imperative | — | ti | Vde. | nós | vós | Vdes. | |
| affirmative | — | cerra | cerre | cerremos | cerrade | cerren | |
| negative | — | cerres | cerre | cerremos | cerredes | cerren | |
| personal infinitive | eu | ti | el / ela / Vde. | nós | vós | eles / elas / Vdes. | |
| cerrar | cerrares | cerrar | cerrarmos | cerrardes | cerraren | ||
References
- “cerrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “cerrar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
- “cerrar” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- “cerrar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese serrar, çerrar, sarrar, çarrar, from Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō. Cognate with Galician cerrar, Spanish cerrar, French serrer and Italian serrare.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨ.ˈʁaɾ/
- Hyphenation: cer‧rar
Verb
cerrar (first-person singular present indicative cerro, past participle cerrado)
Conjugation
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin serāre, present active infinitive of serō.
Pronunciation
Verb
cerrar (first-person singular present cierro, first-person singular preterite cerré, past participle cerrado)
Conjugation
- Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.
| infinitive | cerrar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cerrando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cerrado | cerrada | |||||
| plural | cerrados | cerradas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cierro | cierrastú cerrásvos |
cierra | cerramos | cerráis | cierran | |
| imperfect | cerraba | cerrabas | cerraba | cerrábamos | cerrabais | cerraban | |
| preterite | cerré | cerraste | cerró | cerramos | cerrasteis | cerraron | |
| future | cerraré | cerrarás | cerrará | cerraremos | cerraréis | cerrarán | |
| conditional | cerraría | cerrarías | cerraría | cerraríamos | cerraríais | cerrarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cierre | cierrestú cerrésvos2 |
cierre | cerremos | cerréis | cierren | |
| imperfect (ra) |
cerrara | cerraras | cerrara | cerráramos | cerrarais | cerraran | |
| imperfect (se) |
cerrase | cerrases | cerrase | cerrásemos | cerraseis | cerrasen | |
| future1 | cerrare | cerrares | cerrare | cerráremos | cerrareis | cerraren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | cierratú cerrávos |
cierre | cerremos | cerrad | cierren | ||
| negative | no cierres | no cierre | no cerremos | no cerréis | no cierren | ||
- 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
- 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Other verbs with this conjugation:
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive cerrar | |||||||
| dative | cerrarme | cerrarte | cerrarle, cerrarse | cerrarnos | cerraros | cerrarles, cerrarse | |
| accusative | cerrarme | cerrarte | cerrarlo, cerrarla, cerrarse | cerrarnos | cerraros | cerrarlos, cerrarlas, cerrarse | |
| with gerund cerrando | |||||||
| dative | cerrándome | cerrándote | cerrándole, cerrándose | cerrándonos | cerrándoos | cerrándoles, cerrándose | |
| accusative | cerrándome | cerrándote | cerrándolo, cerrándola, cerrándose | cerrándonos | cerrándoos | cerrándolos, cerrándolas, cerrándose | |
| with informal second-person singular imperative cierra | |||||||
| dative | ciérrame | ciérrate | ciérrale | ciérranos | not used | ciérrales | |
| accusative | ciérrame | ciérrate | ciérralo, ciérrala | ciérranos | not used | ciérralos, ciérralas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative cierre | |||||||
| dative | ciérreme | not used | ciérrele, ciérrese | ciérrenos | not used | ciérreles | |
| accusative | ciérreme | not used | ciérrelo, ciérrela, ciérrese | ciérrenos | not used | ciérrelos, ciérrelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative cerremos | |||||||
| dative | not used | cerrémoste | cerrémosle | cerrémonos | cerrémoos | cerrémosles | |
| accusative | not used | cerrémoste | cerrémoslo, cerrémosla | cerrémonos | cerrémoos | cerrémoslos, cerrémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative cerrad | |||||||
| dative | cerradme | not used | cerradle | cerradnos | cerraos | cerradles | |
| accusative | cerradme | not used | cerradlo, cerradla | cerradnos | cerraos | cerradlos, cerradlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative cierren | |||||||
| dative | ciérrenme | not used | ciérrenle | ciérrennos | not used | ciérrenles, ciérrense | |
| accusative | ciérrenme | not used | ciérrenlo, ciérrenla | ciérrennos | not used | ciérrenlos, ciérrenlas, ciérrense | |
Derived terms
- cerrado
- cerradura
- cerrajería
- cerrajero
- cerrazón
- cerrojo
- cierre
- descerrajadura
- descerrajar
- encerrar
Further reading
- “cerrar” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.