verb🔗ShareCerrar(physical) To remove a gap."The carpenter closed the gap in the fence with a new piece of wood. "El carpintero cerró la brecha en la valla con un nuevo trozo de madera.gapactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCerrar, finalizar(social) To finish, to terminate."The school year closed on June 15th. "El año escolar finalizó el 15 de junio.societyorganizationbusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCerrar, rodear, encerrarTo come or gather around; to enclose; to encompass; to confine."The family closed around the table for dinner. "La familia se reunió alrededor de la mesa para cenar.areaplacestructureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCerrarseTo have a vector sum of 0; that is, to form a closed polygon."The hikers closed their route by returning to the starting point, creating a closed loop. "Los excursionistas cerraron su ruta regresando al punto de partida, creando un bucle cerrado.mathphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerrado, inaccesibleSealed, made inaccessible or impassable; not open."The library's doors were closed, so we couldn't enter. "Las puertas de la biblioteca estaban cerradas, así que no pudimos entrar.conditionstatesituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerrado(of a store or business) Not operating or conducting trade."The bakery was closed on Sundays. "La panadería estaba cerrada los domingos.businesscommerceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerrado, no públicoNot public."closed source a closed committee"código fuente cerrado, un comité no públicoorganizationbusinessgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerrado(of a set) Having an open complement."The set of students who passed the math test is a closed set, because all the students who didn't pass are in the complement. "El conjunto de estudiantes que aprobaron el examen de matemáticas es un conjunto cerrado, porque todos los estudiantes que no aprobaron están en el complemento.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerrado(of a set) Such that its image under the specified operation is contained in it."The set of integers is closed under addition: orall x,yinmathbb{Z},x+yinmathbb{Z}."El conjunto de los enteros es cerrado bajo la suma: para todo x, y ∈ ℤ, x + y ∈ ℤ.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerrado(of a formula) Lacking a free variable."The formula for the area of a square is a closed formula; it doesn't have any letters representing unknown sides. "La fórmula para el área de un cuadrado es una fórmula cerrada; no tiene ninguna letra que represente lados desconocidos.logicmathcomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerrado(of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are the same, forming a closed loop."The hiking trail was a closed loop, starting and ending at the same point. "El sendero para caminatas era un circuito cerrado, que comenzaba y terminaba en el mismo punto.mathtechnicalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerradoFormed by closing the mouth and nose passages completely, like the consonants /t/, /d/ and /p/."The teacher's instructions were clear: pronounce the "p" in "stop" with a closed mouth. "Las instrucciones del profesor eran claras: pronuncia la "p" en "stop" con la boca cerrada.phoneticslanguagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCerradoHaving the sound cut off sharply by a following consonant, like the /ɪ/ in pin."The teacher's voice was closed, almost inaudible, over the loud classroom chatter. "La voz del profesor era cerrada, casi inaudible, por encima del bullicio del aula.phoneticslanguagewordsoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
