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cerrar, cerrarse

Hacer que algo deje de estar abierto, o dejar de estar abierto.

En inglés sencillo: Make something no longer open, or become no longer open.

• Please close the window.
• She closed her eyes and rested.
• The door closes automatically behind you.

Sinónimos: shut

Antónimos: open

Expresiones frecuentes: close the door, close your eyes, close a book, close the lid

cerrar

Dejar de atender clientes o realizar actividades comerciales, temporalmente o para siempre.

En inglés sencillo: Stop serving customers or doing business, either for a while or permanently.

• The shop closes at five.
• They closed the factory last year.
• Is the restaurant closing for the holidays?

Cómo se usa: close at + time (The bank closes at four.); close for something (The café closes for the winter.)

Sinónimos: shut, shut down, cease trading

Antónimos: open

Expresiones frecuentes: close a shop, close for lunch, close down, close at six

reducir, cerrar

Hacer menor la distancia o diferencia entre dos cosas, o eliminarla por completo.

En inglés sencillo: Make the distance or difference between things smaller, or remove it completely.

• She ran faster to close the gap.
• The distance between the boats slowly closed.
• Extra funding helped close the gap in our budget.

Cómo se usa: close the gap between A and B (The policy aims to close the gap between rich and poor.)

Sinónimos: narrow, reduce, eliminate

Antónimos: widen, increase

Expresiones frecuentes: close the gap, close the distance, close a budget gap

terminar, concluir

Hacer que algo termine, o llegar a su final.

En inglés sencillo: Bring something to an end, or reach its end.

• The chair closed the meeting.
• Her speech closed with a thank-you.
• The festival closes tomorrow evening.

Cómo se usa: close with something (The concert closed with a song everyone knew.)

Sinónimos: end, finish, conclude

Antónimos: begin, start

Expresiones frecuentes: close a meeting, close with something, close a chapter

cerrar, concluir

Completar un acuerdo para que una venta o negocio quede decidido.

En inglés sencillo: Finish making an agreement so that a sale or business deal is settled.

• We closed the deal today.
• She hopes to close the sale before Friday.
• They finally closed the deal after weeks of talks.

Sinónimos: finalize, complete, conclude

Expresiones frecuentes: close a deal, close a sale, close the transaction

cerrar

Tener un precio determinado al terminar las operaciones del día.

En inglés sencillo: Have a particular price when trading ends for the day.

• The shares closed higher today.
• Oil closed at eighty dollars a barrel.
• The euro closed lower after the announcement.

Cómo se usa: close at + price (The shares closed at twelve dollars.)

Sinónimos: finish, end

Expresiones frecuentes: close at something, close higher, close lower

fin, cierre

Final de un acontecimiento, una actividad o un período.

En inglés sencillo: The end of an event, activity, or period of time.

• The meeting came to a close.
• Please reply by close of business tomorrow.
• At the close of the year, we reviewed our progress.

Cómo se usa: the close of something (At the close of the meeting, everyone thanked the chair.); bring something to a close (The final song brought the concert to a close.)

Sinónimos: end, finish, conclusion

Antónimos: beginning, start

Expresiones frecuentes: the close of something, close of business, to a close, at the close

cercano, próximo

A poca distancia de alguien o algo, en el espacio o en el tiempo.

En inglés sencillo: Near someone or something in place or time.

• The shops are close.
• Her birthday is close to mine.
• We could hear the birds at close range.

Cómo se usa: close to someone/something (Our house is close to the station.)

Sinónimos: near, nearby

Antónimos: far, distant

Expresiones frecuentes: close to something, at close range, close contact