cerrar

Luché por mantener los ojos abiertos, pero se me cerraban.	I fought to keep my eyes open, but they closed.
Por la noche, las guardias cerraban todas las celdas.	At night, the guards locked up all the cells.
El comercio disminuía y las fábricas cerraban sus puertas.	Commerce dropped off and factories closed their doors.
En Barcelona se cerraban a mis espaldas las puertas de Europa.	The doors of Europe shut behind me in Barcelona.
No, no. Creí que cerraban a las 8:00.	No, no, no. I thought that they closed at 8:00.
Yo estaba esperando a que cerraran ese bar y nunca cerraban.	I waited for that bar to close and it never closed.
Los principales dirigentes se cerraban y expulsaban a los disidentes internos.	The leaders closed ranks and expelled the internal dissidents.
Uno o varios tés cerraban los tratos.	One or several teas closed the treatments.
Las puertas de las casas se cerraban sigilosamente a nuestro paso.	The doors of houses shut softly as we passed.
Las válvulas se abrían y cerraban con sonido discordante.	Valves opened and shut with a harsh clangor.
Mis padres ni siquiera cerraban las puertas.	My parents never even locked the doors.
También nos cerraban las puertas por celos y por estigma.	They also closed the doors on us both out of jealousy and stigma.
Él también recordó que los vecinos del pueblo nunca cerraban sus casas con candado.	He also recalled that the villagers never locked their houses.
Las puertas se cerraban por la noche.	The gates had closed for the night.
No cerraban el gas de la garrafa.	They didn't turn the gas off at the bottle.
Yo te dije que no cerraban la puerta.	I told you they didn't lock that gate.
Abrían y cerraban sus válvulas más temprano.	They opened and closed their valves earlier.
Las mangas eran muy largas y los puños se cerraban con botones.	The sleeves were very wide and the cuffs were done up with buttons.
Abrían la puerta, arrojaban a los niños al interior y cerraban.	They opened the door, threw the children in and closed the door.
Cuando se estimaba que las denuncias eran infundadas, se cerraban los casos.	Where allegations were deemed to be unfounded, the cases were closed.