Spanish Verb CERRAR - to close. Irregular AR family

Spanish Verb CERRAR: to close

The Spanish verb cerrar means 'to close ' and is an irregular Spanish AR verb.

To remember this, imagine you close the door of the vault to protect the rare jewels that belong to SARAH!
Cerrar makes conjugation changes in the Present, Present Subjunctive and Imperative tenses by adding an accent to the i.
During a part of November a new irregular GAR verb is featured each day to enable you to consolidate this AR verb family. You will learn other verbs with similar patterns such as fregar, segar, cegar, renegar, and others.

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Read on, below the CERRAR verb table...

to close: cerrar
Imagine you close the door of the vault to protect the rare jewels that belong to SARAH!

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE cerrar
Simple Tenses cerrar
TENSE	yo	tú	él, ella, usted	nosotros	vosotros	ellos, ellas, ustedes
Present Presente close	cierro	cierras	cierra	cerramos	cerráis	cierran
Imperfect Imperfecto closed	cerraba	cerrabas	cerraba	cerrábamos	cerrabais	cerraban
Preterit Pretérito closed	cerré	cerraste	cerró	cerramos	cerrasteis	cerraron
Future Futuro will close	cerraré	cerrarás	cerrará	cerraremos	cerraréis	cerrarán
Conditional Condicional would close	cerraría	cerrarías	cerraría	cerraríamos	cerraríais	cerrarían
Subjunctive Subjuntivo may close	cierre	cierres	cierre	cerremos	cerréis	cierren
Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjuntivo may close	cerrara	cerraras	cerrara	cerráramos	cerrarais	cerraran
	cerrase	cerrases	cerrase	cerrásemos	cerraseis	cerrasen
Imperative Tenses cerrar
Imperative Imperativo close!		¡cierra!	¡cierre!	¡cerremos!	¡cerrad!	¡cierren!
Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo don't close!		¡no cierres!	¡no cierre!	¡no cerremos!	¡no cerréis!	¡no cierren!
Compound Tenses cerrar - Past Participle cerrado - closed
Present Perfect Perfecto de Indicativo have closed	he cerrado	has cerrado	ha cerrado	hemos cerrado	habéis cerrado	han cerrado
Preterit Perfect Pretérito Anterior had closed	hube cerrado	hubiste cerrado	hubo cerrado	hubimos cerrado	hubisteis cerrado	hubieron cerrado
Past Perfect Pluscuamperfecto had closed	había cerrado	habías cerrado	había cerrado	habíamos cerrado	habíais cerrado	habían cerrado
Present Perfect Subjunctive Presente perfecto have closed	haya cerrado	hayas cerrado	haya cerrado	hayamos cerrado	hayáis cerrado	hayan cerrado
Future Perfect Futuro Perfecto will have closed	habré cerrado	habrás cerrado	habrá cerrado	habremos cerrado	habréis cerrado	habrán cerrado
Conditional Perfect Condicional Perfecto would have closed	habría cerrado	habrías cerrado	habría cerrado	habríamos cerrado	habríais cerrado	habrían cerrado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have closed	hubiera cerrado	hubieras cerrado	hubiera cerrado	hubiéramos cerrado	hubierais cerrado	hubieran cerrado
Pluperfect Pluscuamperfecto may have closed	hubiese cerrado	hubieses cerrado	hubiese cerrado	hubiésemos cerrado	hubieseis cerrado	hubiesen cerrado
Progressive Tenses: Present Participle cerrando - closing
Present Progressive Presente Progressivo am closing	estoy cerrando	estás cerrando	está cerrando	estamos cerrando	está cerrando	están cerrando
Preterit Progressive Pretérito was closing	estuve cerrando	estuviste cerrando	estuvo cerrando	estuvimos cerrando	estuvisteis cerrando	estuvieron cerrando
Imperfect Progressive Imperfecto had been closing	estaba cerrando	estabas cerrando	estaba cerrando	estábamos cerrando	estabais cerrando	estaban cerrando
Future Progressive Futuro Perfecto will be closing	estaré cerrando	estarás cerrando	estará cerrando	estaremos cerrando	estaréis cerrando	estarán cerrando
Conditional Progressive Condicional perfecto would've been closing	estaría cerrando	estarías cerrando	estabría cerrando	estaríamos cerrando	estaríais cerrando	estarían cerrando
Subjunctive Progressive Subjuntivo may've been closing	que ~ cerrando	que ~ cerrando	que ~ cerrando	que ~ cerrando	que ~ cerrando	que ~ cerrando

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MORE on the SPANISH VERB cerrar

cerrar can also mean: to shut, to block.
cerrar el grifo: to close/turn off the tap.
cerrar los ojos: to close/shut one's eyes.
cerrar el paso a alguien: to block someone's way.
cerrar el puño: to clench one's fist.

la cerradura (nf): lock.
cerrar con llave: to lock.
el cerrajero (nm): locksmith.

cerrado/a (pp/adj): closed, shut, locked; closed-minded; private, timid; bushy (beard).
cielo cerrado: overcast sky.
a precio cerrado: fixed price.
cerrar un trato: to close a deal.

vos replaces tú - you, informal, singular -
- in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and also in some countries of Central America.
Sometimes it also replaces the formal singular 'Usted'.
In irregular AR verbs, the conjugations remain the same as for tú except for the addition of accents in the following tenses:
Presente: vos cerrás
Presente de Subjuntivo: vos cierres / cerrés

HOW TO CONQUER SPANISH VERB CONJUGATION

The Spanish verb for close cerrar is an Irregular AR verb.
Learn to conjugate cerrar and it will reinforce this irregular pattern.
Do a series of verbs every day for a month and you will have a solid knowledge of the verbs' conjugation patterns. Keep doing them with a new one every day from the Spanish Verbs List.
The same applies to the various patterns. Each month we feature a daily verb from one of the major pattern groups.
Repeating these tables aloud 10 times throughout the day will better embed the patterns into your subconscious, and your long term memory.
Reciting aloud is a great way for you to practice your pronunciation, and helps you to memorize the conjugations.

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