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close1 /kləʊs/ adjetivo closer, closest
- (near) próximo, cercano
- ‹shave› al ras, apurado;
that was a ~ shave (colloq) se salvó (or me salvé etc) por un pelo or por los pelos (fam)
- ‹link/connection› estrecho;
‹contact› directo;
‹relative› cercano;
they are ~ friends son muy amigos
- (in similarity): he bears a ~ resemblance to his brother tiene un gran parecido a or con su hermano
- ‹fit› ajustado
- (careful) ‹examination› detenido;
to keep a ~ watch on sth/sb vigilar algo/a algn de cerca
- ‹contest/finish› reñido
- ‹weather/atmosphere› pesado, bochornoso
close2 /kləʊs/ adverbio closer, closest
- (in position) cerca;
to draw/get/come ~ acercarse(conj.⇒);
~ TO sth/sb cerca de algo/algn
- (in intimacy): the tragedy brought them ~r together la tragedia los acercó más
- (in approximation): the temperature is ~ to … la temperatura es de casi …;
he was ~ to tears estaba a punto de llorar
- (in phrases) close by cerca;
close together (physically) juntos;
close up de cerca
close4 /kləʊz/ verbo transitivo
cerrar(conj.⇒)
Phrasal Verbs
close down
cerrar(conj.⇒)
verbo intransitivo
- [door/window] cerrar(se)*;
[gap/wound] cerrarse(conj.⇒)
- [shop/library/museum] cerrar(conj.⇒)
- (finish, end) [lecture/book] terminar, concluir(conj.⇒)
- closing pres p ‹minutes› último;
‹speech› de clausura
Phrasal Verbs
close down
- v + o + adv, v + adv + o ‹shop/factory› cerrar(conj.⇒)
- v + adv [shop/factory] cerrar(conj.⇒)
- [winter] acercarse(conj.⇒)
- (get shorter) [day] acortarse
- v + o + adv, v + adv + o ‹shop/museum› cerrar(conj.⇒)
close /kləʊs/ : close-fitting~-fitting adjetivo
ajustado, ceñido;
close-knit~-knit adjetivo
unido
ajustado, ceñido;
close-knit~-knit adjetivo
unido
close /kləʊs/ :close-up /'kləʊsʌp/ sustantivo
primer plano m
primer plano m
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Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
close
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close
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1 [kləʊs]
| I | adjetivo 1 (nunca antes del sustantivo) cercano,-a: the station is quite close, la estación está bastante cerca 2 (relación, conexión) íntimo,-a, estrecho,-a: there is a close connection between poverty and crime, hay una íntima conexión entre la pobreza y el crimen I haven't got many close friends, no tengo muchos amigos íntimos 3 (solo antes del sustantivo) cuidadoso: we must pay close attention, tenemos que estar muy atentos 4 (casi igual) the game was very close, el partido fue muy reñido 5 directo a close contact, un contacto directo a close encounter, un encuentro cara a cara 6 (ambiente) bochornoso: it's very close, I think it's going to rain, hace bochorno, creo que va a llover 7 fiel: the translation is very close to the original, la traducción es muy fiel al original 8 (carácter) reservado,-a 9 (letra, tela) compacto,-a |
| II | adverbio cerca: she lives close by, vive cerca ♦ LOC: to have a close shave/call, salvarse por los pelos he was close to tears, estaba a punto de llorar close on, casi |
close
2 [kləʊz]
| I | verbo transitivo 1 cerrar 2 concluir, terminar (una reunión) levantar 3 (un agujero, etc) tapar 4 (un trato) cerrar: we closed the deal the same day, cerramos el trato el mismo día |
| II | verbo intransitivo 1 (puerta, etc) cerrarse 2 (conferencia, programa, etc) concluirse, terminarse ➣ Ver nota en cerrar |
| III | nombre fin, final ♦ LOC: to come to a close, llegar a su fin |
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| Compound Forms: | |||||||||
| be close | (locked) | estar cerrado | |||||||
| be close | (near) | estar cerca | |||||||
| close at hand | adj | (nearby) | a mano loc adj | ||||||
| When I work long hours my extra-large coffee cup is always close at hand. | |||||||||
| a la mano loc adj | |||||||||
| close at hand | adj | (imminent) fam | a un paso loc adv | ||||||
| Nuclear war is close at hand! was emblazoned on the black and yellow leaflets. | |||||||||
| inminente adj | |||||||||
| fam | a la vuelta de la esquina loc adv | ||||||||
| close at hand | adj | (handy, at a convenient distance) | disponible, a la mano loc adj | ||||||
| In flu season keep a box of tissue close at hand. | |||||||||
| a mano loc adj | |||||||||
| close combat | n | combate cuerpo a cuerpo nm | |||||||
| closedown | vi | (business: cease trading) | cerrar vi | ||||||
| Note: single-word form used when term is a noun | |||||||||
| When the doctor was killed they had to close down the clinic. | |||||||||
| La fábrica cerró y doscientos obreros quedaron sin trabajo. | |||||||||
| closedown | vtr | (cause business to cease operating) | clausurar vtr | ||||||
| The Women's Anti-Exploitation League vowed to close down the porno shop. | |||||||||
| El juez podrá clausurar definitivamente un negocio cuando éste constituya un peligro para la tranquilidad o moral públicas. | |||||||||
| cerrar vi | |||||||||
| La empresa tuvo que cerrar por la crisis económica. | |||||||||
| close in on | vtr | (get closer to, in order to capture) | pisar los talones loc verb | ||||||
| Drive faster! The cops are closing in on us! | |||||||||
| dar alcance loc verb | |||||||||
| alcanzar vtr | |||||||||
| acercarse v pron | |||||||||
| close in on | vtr | figurative (cause to feel claustrophobic) fig | venirse encima loc verb | ||||||
| Inside the small room, he felt like the walls were closing in on him. | |||||||||
| Llevo dos días sin salir y las paredes de la casa se me vienen encima. | |||||||||
| fig | asfixiar vtr | ||||||||
| Aquel ambiente pétreo lo asfixiaba. Los sellados ventanucos de alabastro, las arcadas de los muros de piedra y los lujosos tapices siempre le habían causado esa sensación de ahogo, de encierro. (D. Biscayart) | |||||||||
| close match | n | (pairing of two very similar things) | parecerse mucho vpron+adv | ||||||
| Mom's handbag and shoes are not exactly the same colour, but they are a very close match. | |||||||||
| hacer juego loc verb | |||||||||
| acercarse bastante loc verb | |||||||||
| Nadie es perfecto. Yo tampoco, pero me acerco bastante. | |||||||||
| close match | n | (sports: game won by a very small margin) | partido muy parejo nm | ||||||
| It was a close match but the Seagulls won on penalties. | |||||||||
| Es un partido muy parejo, faltan dos minutos de juego pero cualquiera de los dos equipos puede alzarse con la victoria. | |||||||||
| España | partido igualado nm | ||||||||
| close of day | n | (end of the day, evening) | cierre de la jornada nm + det | ||||||
| Close-of-day equity prices for domestic and foreign stock exchanges are available from many on-line sources. | |||||||||
| El dólar estadounidense registró una leve suba al cierre de la jornada cambiaria. | |||||||||
| final del día nm + det | |||||||||
| close of day | n | euphemism (death) | final del camino nm + det | ||||||
| In his famous poem, Dylan Thomas urges that approaching death is to be resisted, that "old age should burn and rave at close of day". | |||||||||
| Al final del camino, lo que cuenta no es el tiempo que has vivido, sino el como lo has disfrutado. | |||||||||
| ocaso nm | |||||||||
| Pasó el ocaso de sus días solo y abandonado. | |||||||||
| close quarters | npl | (close by, close proximity) | amontonados, apiñados adj pl | ||||||
| People who work on submarines learn to live at very close quarters with others. | |||||||||
| Éramos cinco en un departamento de un ambiente, estábamos bastante amontonados pero igual la pasamos genial. / Los que trabajan en los submarinos se acostumbran a vivir medio amontonados. | |||||||||
| cercanía nf | |||||||||
| proximidad nf | |||||||||
| La Psicología infantil define al apego como la "relación especial que un niño establece con un número reducido de personas, un lazo afectivo que lo impulsa a buscar la proximidad y el contacto con ellas a lo largo del tiempo". | |||||||||
| close quarters | npl | (room: uncomfortably small) | espacio(s) reducido(s) nm | ||||||
| Considering its close quarters, the rent on the apartment was outrageous. | |||||||||
| Considerando sus reducidos espacios, el canon del apartamento era escandaloso. ¿Cómo vas a meter tus muebles en ese espacio tan reducido? | |||||||||
| close-range | n | literal (close proximity to target) | corta distancia nf | ||||||
| Despite security checks, the assassin managed to smuggle a pistol into the press conference, and shot the President from close range. | |||||||||
| de/desde cerca loc adv | |||||||||
| Le disparó de cerca pero erró el tiro. | |||||||||
| próximo, cercano adj | |||||||||
| poca distancia nf | |||||||||
| El disparo se realizó a poca distancia de la diana. | |||||||||
| close-range | adj | figurative (close-up position) fig. | a dos pasos loc adv | ||||||
| I could only ever hit the bulls-eye at close range. | |||||||||
| Disfrutaba del riesgo extremo, de esa sensación de estar a dos pasos de la muerte. | |||||||||
| fig fam | a tiro loc adj | ||||||||
| Están a tiro de consagrarse campeones. | |||||||||
| fig. | próximo adj | ||||||||
| Cada vez que tomaba el pincel entraba en un estado de éxtasis, próximo a la locura. | |||||||||
| close relation | n | (member of immediate family) | pariente cercano nm | ||||||
| Only her close relations were invited to the wedding ceremony. | |||||||||
| frml | pariente de primer grado de consanguinidad nm | ||||||||
| close shave | n | figurative (narrow escape) fig fam | por un pelo, por los pelos loc adv | ||||||
| He walked away from the accident knowing he had just had a close shave with death. | |||||||||
| El ladrón escapó por los pelos. La policía no lo pilló por un pelo. | |||||||||
| fig fam | estar a un pelo de loc verb | ||||||||
| Estuve a un pelo de chocar hoy a la mañana, cuando iba al trabajo | |||||||||
| fig fam | a un tris loc adv | ||||||||
| Estuvo a un tris de chocar. | |||||||||
| close shave | n | literal (hair trimmed close to skin) | afeitado al ras nm | ||||||
| I can't seem to get a close shave with my electric razor. | |||||||||
| Aprenda los pasos a seguir para obtener un buen afeitado al ras. | |||||||||
| afeitada a ras nf | |||||||||
| rasurado al ras nm | |||||||||
| El rasurado diario debe de hacerse con geles y espumas cremosas que ablanden el pelo e impidan cortes, enrojecimientos e irritaciones. | |||||||||
| rapado nm | |||||||||
| Ni la mortificación, ni el rapado de la cabeza, ni la oración, ni el ayuno, ni la penitencia, ni una vida de pobreza, purifican a quien no venció los deseos. | |||||||||
| close the door on | vtr | figurative (rule out, exclude) fig. | descartar vtr | ||||||
| The politician's latest comments, unfortunately, closed the door on a peace agreement between the two countries. | |||||||||
| fig. | dejar afuera loc verb | ||||||||
| fig. | cerrar el paso loc verb | ||||||||
| Las declaraciones del presidente han cerrado el paso a futuras negociaciones. | |||||||||
| close the door on | vtr | literal (on sb: shut door to exclude) | dar con la puerta en las narices loc verb | ||||||
| cerrar la puerta en la cara loc verb | |||||||||
| close to your heart | adj | (cherished by you) | llevar en el corazón loc verb | ||||||
| It's a subject that's close to my heart. | |||||||||
| Juan es un amigo muy querido, lo llevo en el corazón | |||||||||
| frml | preciado, caro adj | ||||||||
| Por ella abrigó siempre en su corazón los más caros sentimientos pero nunca se atrevió a confesárselos. | |||||||||
| close together | adj | (near to one another,) | pegados pp | ||||||
| If his eyes weren't so close together, he'd be almost handsome. | |||||||||
| Esos dos van caminando muy juntos, casi pegados uno al otro. | |||||||||
| juntos adj pl | |||||||||
| próximos adj pl | |||||||||
| close your eyes | v | literal (shut your eyelids) | cerrar los ojos vtr | ||||||
| When you feel stressed, just relax, close your eyes and take deep breaths. | |||||||||
| close your eyes | vi | figurative (ignore sth) fig fam | hacer la vista gorda loc verb | ||||||
| Most families close their eyes to the fact that they're responsible for their children's failure. | |||||||||
| She'll never get help if you continue to close your eyes to what she's doing. | |||||||||
| fig | pasar por alto loc verb | ||||||||
| Se dio cuenta del error pero lo pasó por alto para no desalentarla. | |||||||||
| fig. fam | no ver (algo) loc verb | ||||||||
| Voy a robar un kilo de peras, y tú no lo has visto. | |||||||||
| fig. | cerrar los ojos loc verb | ||||||||
| La ministra de Salud cierra los ojos ante el problema del dengue. | |||||||||
| fig | hacer oídos sordos loc verb | ||||||||
| El gobierno hace oídos sordos a los reclamos. | |||||||||
| close-cropped | adj | césped, cabello | muy corto | ||||||
| close-cropped | adj | cortado al rape | |||||||
| close-cropped | adj | rapado | |||||||
| close fitting | adj | (clothing: tight) | ajustado adj | ||||||
| Note: hyphen used when term is before a noun | |||||||||
| Her close-fitting dress highlighted her best assets. | |||||||||
| ceñido adj | |||||||||
| pegado al cuerpo loc adj | |||||||||
| apretado adj | |||||||||
| close knit | adj | (family, community: close) Argentina | cerrado adj | ||||||
| Note: hyphen used when term is before a noun | |||||||||
| Welsh mining villages formed close-knit communities bonded together by Religion and Rugby. | |||||||||
| Es una cultura muy cerrada. | |||||||||
| España | círculo cerrado nm | ||||||||
| Es imposible formar parte de ese grupo, forman un círculo cerrado al que no dejan acceder a ningún extraño. | |||||||||
| unido pp | |||||||||
| apegado pp | |||||||||
| María y su mamá son muy apegadas, ninguna puede estar ni un minuto sin la otra | |||||||||
| close-set | adj | (eyes, teeth very close to each other) | junto | ||||||
| draw to a close | llegar a su fin v | ||||||||
| have a close look around | examinar v | ||||||||
| keep close | mantener cerca | ||||||||
| keep close to | mantener cerca de | ||||||||
| pay close attention | prestar mucha atención vt | ||||||||
| take a close look | inspeccionar v | ||||||||
| take a close look | mirar bien v | ||||||||
| under close surveillance | bajo vigilancia | ||||||||
| Report an error | |||||||||
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English:
accuracy - bond - chest - close down - close in - close off - close season - close up - close-fitting - close-knit - close-run - close-up - liaison - proximity - quarter - scrutiny - shave - should - bear - convenient - draw - end - fasten - follow - hug - immediate - range - shut - slam - snug - there - wind
Spanish:
al - alejarse - allegada - allegado - apurada - apurado - atrancar - bochorno - bochornosa - bochornoso - cancelar - canto - cerca - cercana - cercano - cerrar - cerrarse - cierre - clausurar - confianza - confraternizar - correr - descuidarse - disputada - disputado - encima - entornar - entrañable - estrecha - estrecho - exasperación - finiquitar - íntima - intimar - íntimo - junta - junto - lado - mañana - plana - plano - precintar - próxima - próximo - rape - romería - tabicar - tupida - tupido - unida
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