Cerrar conjugation chart
Cerrar present tense
presente · I speak
| yo | I close | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you close | |
| vos | you close | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she closes | |
| nosotros | we close | |
| vosotros | you all close | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they close |
The highlighted forms change their stem. Notice that nosotros, vosotros and vos stay out: draw a line around the forms that change and you get a boot, which is why these are called “boot verbs.”
Cerrar preterite
pretérito · I spoke
| yo | I closed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you closed | |
| vos | you closed | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she closed | |
| nosotros | we closed | |
| vosotros | you all closed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they closed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cerrar imperfect
pretérito imperfecto · I used to speak
| yo | I used to close | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you used to close | |
| vos | you used to close | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she used to close | |
| nosotros | we used to close | |
| vosotros | you all used to close | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they used to close |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cerrar future
futuro · I will speak
| yo | I will close | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you will close | |
| vos | you will close | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she will close | |
| nosotros | we will close | |
| vosotros | you all will close | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they will close |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cerrar conditional
condicional · I would speak
| yo | I would close | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | you would close | |
| vos | you would close | |
| él, ella, usted | he/she would close | |
| nosotros | we would close | |
| vosotros | you all would close | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | they would close |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
Cerrar present subjunctive
presente de subjuntivo · that I speak
| yo | that I close | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | that you close | |
| vos | that you close | |
| él, ella, usted | that he/she close | |
| nosotros | that we close | |
| vosotros | that you all close | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | that they close |
Irregular in yo, tú, él/ella/usted and ellos/ustedes (in red): cierre, cierres…; the other forms are regular.
Cerrar imperfect subjunctive
imperfecto de subjuntivo · if I spoke
| yo | if I closed | |
|---|---|---|
| tú | if you closed | |
| vos | if you closed | |
| él, ella, usted | if he/she closed | |
| nosotros | if we closed | |
| vosotros | if you all closed | |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | if they closed |
Regular: same endings as hablar.
In the subjunctive, vos takes the same form as tú in careful speech. The imperfect subjunctive also has an -se form (cerrase), more common in writing.
Cerrar affirmative commands
imperativo · speak!
| tú | close! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | close! | |
| usted | close! | |
| nosotros | let's close! | |
| vosotros | close! | |
| ustedes | close! |
The tú form is the él form of the present: cierra. Usted, nosotros and ustedes come from the present subjunctive (cierre, cerremos, cierren).
Cerrar negative commands
imperativo negativo · don't speak!
| tú | don't close! | |
|---|---|---|
| vos | don't close! | |
| usted | don't close! | |
| nosotros | let's not close! | |
| vosotros | don't close! | |
| ustedes | don't close! |
Built from the present subjunctive: no + cierres, cierre…
Always the verb haber + the past participle cerrado, which never changes.
Cerrar present perfect
pretérito perfecto · I have spoken
| yo | he cerrado |
|---|---|
| tú | has cerrado |
| vos | has cerrado |
| él, ella, usted | ha cerrado |
| nosotros | hemos cerrado |
| vosotros | habéis cerrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | han cerrado |
Cerrar pluperfect
pluscuamperfecto · I had spoken
| yo | había cerrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habías cerrado |
| vos | habías cerrado |
| él, ella, usted | había cerrado |
| nosotros | habíamos cerrado |
| vosotros | habíais cerrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habían cerrado |
Cerrar future perfect
futuro perfecto · I will have spoken
| yo | habré cerrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrás cerrado |
| vos | habrás cerrado |
| él, ella, usted | habrá cerrado |
| nosotros | habremos cerrado |
| vosotros | habréis cerrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrán cerrado |
Cerrar conditional perfect
condicional perfecto · I would have spoken
| yo | habría cerrado |
|---|---|
| tú | habrías cerrado |
| vos | habrías cerrado |
| él, ella, usted | habría cerrado |
| nosotros | habríamos cerrado |
| vosotros | habríais cerrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | habrían cerrado |
Cerrar present perfect subjunctive
pretérito perfecto de subjuntivo · that I have spoken
| yo | haya cerrado |
|---|---|
| tú | hayas cerrado |
| vos | hayas cerrado |
| él, ella, usted | haya cerrado |
| nosotros | hayamos cerrado |
| vosotros | hayáis cerrado |
| ellos, ellas, ustedes | hayan cerrado |
In Latin America, ustedes is the only “you all”; vosotros is used only in Spain. Vos is used in Argentina, Uruguay and much of Central America. Uncheck the boxes above to hide what you don’t need.
Watch out
It's cierro and cierras, but cerramos keeps the plain e. Want to say “to lock”? That's cerrar con llave.
Examples with cerrar
¿Cierras la puerta, por favor?
Can you close the door, please?
La tienda cierra a las ocho.
The store closes at eight.
Cerré la ventana.
I closed the window.
Practice cerrar
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Verbs like cerrar
Stem change e → ie (cerrar → cierras). Same pattern:
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