cerca
cerca
feminine noun
1
fence
(valla)
; wall
(muro)
adverb
2
near, close
- ¿está o queda cerca? -> is it near o nearby?
- cerca de -> near, close to; (en el espacio) nearly, about (aproximadamente)
- de cerca -> closely; (examinar, mirar) deeply; (afectar) first-hand (vivir)
- ver algo/a alguien de cerca -> to see something/somebody close up
- por aquí cerca -> nearby
- si no costó dos millones, andará cerca -> it can't have cost much less than two million
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cerca [therr’-cah]
noun
1
Inclosure, hedge, or wall which surrounds a garden, park, or corn-field; fence. (f)
2
Yard. (f)
noun, plural
- Los cercas -> among painters, objects in the foreground of a painting
adverb
1
Near, at hand, not far off, close by, preceding the noun or pronoun to which it refers, it demands the preposition de.
- Estar cerca de -> to be near
2
Aquí cerca, cerca de aquí, just by.
3
Cerca de, close, near.
- Hay cerca de 8 toneladas -> there are about 8 tons
4
Tocar de cerca, 1.
noun
5
To be concerned in, to be interested. (n)
(Met.) To be nearly allied to, or near aki
cerca
adverbio
1 (indicando proximidad) (de aquí o allí) near; nearby; (entre objetos, personas) close
no había un hospital cerca there wasn't a hospital near there nearby;o está aquí cerca it's very just near here;o ¿está cerca la estación? is the station near here nearby?;o está tan cerca que puedo ir andando it's so near here so close I can just walk;o las casas están tan cerca que se pueden oír las conversaciones de los vecinos the houses are so close (to each other) that you can hear what the neighbours are saying; quería tener más cerca a los amigos he wanted to be nearer (to) closer to his friends;o las vacaciones están ya cerca the holidays are nearly here; the holidays are not far off now
cerca dede near (to); close to
viven cerca de la playa they live near (to) close to the beach;o
estaba sentada cerca de mí she was sitting near me; se sentía muy cerca de su familia she felt very close to her family
2
de cercade
(a poca distancia) [+ver] close up; [+seguir, observar, vigilar] closely no veo bien de cerca I can't see things close up; I'm long-sighted; visto de cerca, parece mayor when you see him close up at close quarters, he seems older;o pudo ver de cerca la pobreza she got to see poverty close at hand at close quarters;o el coche iba a gran velocidad, seguido de cerca por su escolta the car was travelling at a high speed, followed closely by its escort
seguí de cerca la guerra a través de los periódicos I followed the war closely in the newspapers
(en persona) in person para todos aquellos que no puedan ver la exposición de cerca for all those unable to see the exhibition in person; he tenido la oportunidad de conocer de cerca a muchos famosos I have had the opportunity of meeting many famous people personally in person;o los que lo conocen de cerca hablan muy bien de él those who know him well speak very highly of him
la crisis me ha afectado muy de cerca the crisis has affected me personally; no conoce de cerca los problemas de la población he does not have first-hand personal knowledge of the people's problems;o
3
cerca dede (casi) nearly
hay cerca de ocho toneladas there are nearly eight tons of it; cerca de 2.500 personas nearly 2,500 people; son cerca de las seis it's nearly six o'clock
estar cerca de hacer algohacer to come close to doing sth
he estado cerca de tirar el libro por la ventana I've come close to throwing that book out of the window; estuvimos tan cerca de conseguir la victoria ... we were so close to obtaining victory ...
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