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Pronunciation

Normal speech: ce-RRÓ
IPA: /se.’ro/

7 months ago

cerró info.

Tips to remember “cerró”:
To remember “cerró,” you can think of a “store that closed (cerró) its door,” focusing on the similarity of the sound of “closed” to “cerró.” Additionally, visualize locking up a store at the end of the day to encode the memory.

Explanations:
“Cerró” is the third person singular preterite tense (past) form of the verb “cerrar,” which means “to close” in English.

Other words that mean the same thing:
– Clausuró (it shut down)
– Selló (it sealed)

Infinitive and different conjugations:
Infinitive: cerrar

Present tense:
– Yo cierro (I close)
– Tú cierras (You close, familiar)
– Él/Ella/Usted cierra (He/She closes or You close, formal)
– Nosotros cerramos (We close)
– Vosotros cerráis (You all close, familiar in Spain)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cierran (They close or You all close, formal)

Preterite tense (past):
– Yo cerré (I closed)
– Tú cerraste (You closed, familiar)
– Él/Ella/Usted cerró (He/She closed or You closed, formal)
– Nosotros cerramos (We closed)
– Vosotros cerrasteis (You all closed, familiar in Spain)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cerraron (They closed or You all closed, formal)

Imperfect tense (habitual past):
– Yo cerraba (I used to close)
– Tú cerrabas (You used to close)
– Él/Ella/Usted cerraba (He/She used to close)
– Nosotros cerrábamos (We used to close)
– Vosotros cerrabais (You all used to close)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cerraban (They used to close)

Future tense:
– Yo cerraré (I will close)
– Tú cerrarás (You will close)
– Él/Ella/Usted cerrará (He/She will close)
– Nosotros cerraremos (We will close)
– Vosotros cerraréis (You all will close)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cerrarán (They will close)

Conditional tense:
– Yo cerraría (I would close)
– Tú cerrarías (You would close)
– Él/Ella/Usted cerraría (He/She would close)
– Nosotros cerraríamos (We would close)
– Vosotros cerraríais (You all would close)
– Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cerrarían (They would close)

Examples of sentences that use “cerró”:
– La tienda cerró a las ocho de la noche. (The store closed at eight o’clock at night.)
– El banco ya cerró cuando llegué. (The bank had already closed when I arrived.)
– Ella cerró la puerta con llave antes de salir. (She locked the door before leaving.)
– El museo cerró por renovaciones. (The museum closed for renovations.)

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