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1 alienum

ălĭēnus, a, um [2. alius].
I.
Adj.
A.
In gen., that belongs to another person, place, object, etc., not one's own, another's, of another, foreign, alien (opp. suus): NEVE. ALIENAM. SEGETEM. PELLEXERIS., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, and Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 99: plus ex alieno jecore sapiunt quam ex suo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 88, and Lind. ib. 2, 3, 3: quom sciet alienum puerum ( the child of another) tolli pro suo, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 61:
in aedīs inruit Alienas,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 9; id. And. 1, 1, 125:
alienae partes anni,
Lucr. 1, 182; so Verg. G. 2, 149:
pecuniis alienis locupletari,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:
cura rerum alienarum,
id. Off. 1, 9, 30; 2, 23, 83:
alienos mores ad suos referre,
Nep. Epam. 1, 1:
in altissimo gradu alienis opibus poni,
Cic. Sest. 20:
semper regibus aliena virtus formidolosa est,
Sall. C. 7, 2:
amissis bonis alienas opes exspectare,
id. ib. 58. 10 Herz.:
aliena mulier,
another man's wife, Cic. Cael. 37:
mulier alieni viri sermonibus assuefacta,
of another woman's husband, Liv. 1, 46:
virtutem et bonum alienum oderunt,
id. 35, 43:
alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus, alienā memoriā salutamus, alienā operā vivimus,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19:
oportet enim omnia aut ad alienum arbitrium aut ad suum facere,
Plin. Ep. 6, 14; so Suet. Claud. 2:
alienum cursum alienumque rectorem, velut captā nave, sequi,
Plin. Pan. 82, 3; Tac. A. 15, 1 fin.:
pudicitiae neque suae neque alienae pepercit,
Suet. Calig. 36:
epistolas orationesque et edicta alieno formabat ingenio,
i. e. caused to be written by another, id. Dom. 20:
te conjux aliena capit,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 46; 1, 1, 110; so id. ib. 1, 3, 116:
vulnus,
intended for another, Verg. A. 10, 781: aliena [p. 85] cornua, of Actæon transformed into a stag, Ov. M. 3, 139:
alieno Marte pugnabant, sc. equites,
i. e. without horses, as footmen, Liv. 3, 62: aes alienum, lit. another's money; hence, in reference to him who has it, a debt; cf. aes. So also:
aliena nomina,
debts in others' names, debts contracted by others, Sall. C. 35, 3.—
B.
Esp.
1.
In reference to relationship or friendship, not belonging to one, alien from, not related or allied, not friendly, inimical, strange, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 43:
alienus est ab nostrā familiā,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 28; id. Heaut. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.:
multi ex finibus suis egressi se suaque omnia alienissimis crediderunt,
to utter strangers, Caes. B. G. 6, 31:
non alienus sanguine regibus,
Liv. 29, 29; Vell. 2, 76.—
Hence alienus and propinquus are antith.,
Cic. Lael. 5, 19:
ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus desim,
id. Fam. 1, 9 Manut.:
ut tuum factum alieni hominis, meum vero conjunctissimi et amicissimi esse videatur,
id. ib. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.: alienum esse in or ab aliquā re, to be a stranger to a thing, i. e. not to be versed in or familiar with, not to understand:
in physicis Epicurus totus est alienus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17:
homo non alienus a litteris,
not a stranger to, not unversed in, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26.—
3.
Foreign to a thing, i. e. not suited to it, unsuitable, incongruous, inadequate, inconsistent, unseasonable, inapposite, different from (opp. aptus); constr. with gen., dat., abl., and ab; cf. Burm. ad Ov. F. 1, 4; Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 5; Spald. ad Quint. 6, 3, 33; Zumpt, Gr. § 384.
(α).
With gen.:
pacis (deorum),
Lucr. 6, 69:
salutis,
id. 3, 832:
aliarum rerum,
id. 6, 1064:
dignitatis alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11:
neque aliena consili (sc. domus D. Bruti),
convenient for consultation, Sall. C. 40, 5 Kritz al.—
(β).
With dat.:
quod illi causae maxime est alienum,
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24: arti oratoriae, Quint. prooem. 5; 4, 2, 62; Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.—
(γ).
With abl.:
neque hoc dii alienum ducunt majestate suā,
Cic. Div. 1, 38, 83:
homine alienissimum,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41:
dignitate imperii,
id. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:
amicitiā,
id. Fam. 11, 27:
existimatione meā,
id. Att. 6, 1:
domus magis his aliena malis,
farther from, Hor. S. 1, 9, 50:
loco, tempore,
Quint. 6, 3, 33.—
(δ).
With ab:
alienum a vitā meā,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21: a dignitate rei publicae, Tib. Gracch. ap. Gell. 7, 19, 7:
a sapiente,
Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:
a dignitate,
id. Fam. 4, 7:
navigationis labor alienus non ab aetate solum nostrā, verum etiam a dignitate,
id. Att. 16, 3.—
(ε).
With inf. or clause as subject:
nec aptius est quidquam ad opes tuendas quam diligi, nec alienius quam timeri,
Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23:
non alienum videtur, quale praemium Miltiadi sit tributum, docere,
Nep. Milt. 6, 1.—
4.
Averse, hostile, unfriendly, unfavorable to:
illum alieno animo a nobis esse res ipsa indicat,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 40; Cic. Deiot. 9, 24:
a Pyrrho non nimis alienos animos habemus,
id. Lael. 8 fin.:
sin a me est alienior,
id. Fam. 2, 17:
ex alienissimis amicissimos reddere,
id. ib. 15, 4 al.:
Muciani animus nec Vespasiano alienus,
Tac. H. 2, 74.—Rar. transf. to things; as in the histt., alienus locus, a place or ground unfavorable for an engagement, disadvantageous (opp. suus or opportunus; cf.
Gron. Obs. 4, 17, 275): alieno loco proelium committunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:
alienissimo sibi loco contra opportunissimo hostibus conflixit,
Nep. Them. 4, 5 Brem.—So of time unfitting, inconvenient, unfavorable, Varr. R. R. 3, 16:
ad judicium corrumpendum tempus alienum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 5; id. Caecin. 67:
vir egregius alienissimo rei publicae tempore exstinctus,
id. Brut. 1; id. Fam. 15, 14.—Of other things: alienum ( dangerous, perilous, hurtful) suis rationibus, Sall. C. 56, 5; Cels. 4, 5.—
5.
In medic. lang.
a.
Of the body, dead, corrupted, paralyzed (cf. alieno, II. B. 2.), Scrib. Comp. 201.—
b.
Of the mind, insane, mad (cf. alieno and alienatio):
Neque solum illis aliena mens erat, qui conscii conjurationis fuerant,
Sall. C. 37, 1 Herz.—
II.
Subst.
1.
ălĭēnus, i, m., a stranger.
a.
One not belonging to one's house, family, or country:
apud me cenant alieni novem,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 21:
ut non ejectus ad alienos, sed invitatus ad tuos īsse videaris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:
quas copias proximis suppeditari aequius est, eas transferunt ad alienos,
id. Off. 1, 14: cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni, id. Am. 5, 19:
quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 7:
a filiis suis an ab alienis?
ib. Matt. 17, 24:
cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni,
Cic. Lael. 5:
quod alieno testimonium redderem, in eo non fraudabo avum meum,
Vell. 2, 76.—
b.
One not related to a person or thing:
in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,
Cic. Mil. 28, 76:
vel alienissimus rusticae vitae, naturae benignitatem miretur,
Col. 3, 21, 3.—
2.
ălĭēnum, i, n., the property of a stranger:
Haec erunt vilici officia: alieno manum abstineant, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 5, 1:
alieno abstinuit,
Suet. Tit. 7:
ex alieno largiri,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8; so,
de alieno largiri,
Just. 36, 3, 9:
alieni appetens, sui profugus,
Sall. C. 5; Liv. 5, 5:
in aliena aedificium exstruere,
Cic. Mil. 27, 74 (cf.:
in alieno solo aedificare,
Dig. 41, 1, 7).— Plur.,
a.
The property of a stranger:
quid est aliud aliis sua eripere, aliis dare aliena?
Cic. Off. 2, 23; Liv. 30, 30: aliena pervadere, a foreign (in opp. to the Roman) province, Amm. 23, 1.—
b.
The affairs or interests of strangers: Men. Chreme, tantumue ab re tuast oti tibi, aliena ut cures, ea, quae nihil ad te attinent. Chrem. Homo sum;
humani nihil a me alienum puto,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 23:
aliena ut melius videant quam sua,
id. ib. 3, 1, 95.—
c.
Things strange, foreign, not belonging to the matter in hand:
Quod si hominibus bonarum rerum tanta cura esset, quanto studio aliena ac nihil profutura multumque etiam periculosa petunt, etc.,
Sall. J. 1, 5; hence, aliena loqui, to talk strangely, wildly, like a crazy person:
Quin etiam, sic me dicunt aliena locutum, Ut foret amenti nomen in ore tuum,
Ov. Tr. 3, 19:
interdum in accessione aegros desipere et aliena loqui,
Cels. 3, 18 (v. alieniloquium).

► Comp. rare, but sup. very freq.; no adv. in use.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > alienum
2 alienus

ălĭēnus, a, um [2. alius].
I.
Adj.
A.
In gen., that belongs to another person, place, object, etc., not one's own, another's, of another, foreign, alien (opp. suus): NEVE. ALIENAM. SEGETEM. PELLEXERIS., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, and Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 99: plus ex alieno jecore sapiunt quam ex suo, Pac. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 57; Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 111; cf. id. ib. 2, 2, 88, and Lind. ib. 2, 3, 3: quom sciet alienum puerum ( the child of another) tolli pro suo, Ter. Hec. 4, 1, 61:
in aedīs inruit Alienas,
id. Ad. 1, 2, 9; id. And. 1, 1, 125:
alienae partes anni,
Lucr. 1, 182; so Verg. G. 2, 149:
pecuniis alienis locupletari,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 47, 137:
cura rerum alienarum,
id. Off. 1, 9, 30; 2, 23, 83:
alienos mores ad suos referre,
Nep. Epam. 1, 1:
in altissimo gradu alienis opibus poni,
Cic. Sest. 20:
semper regibus aliena virtus formidolosa est,
Sall. C. 7, 2:
amissis bonis alienas opes exspectare,
id. ib. 58. 10 Herz.:
aliena mulier,
another man's wife, Cic. Cael. 37:
mulier alieni viri sermonibus assuefacta,
of another woman's husband, Liv. 1, 46:
virtutem et bonum alienum oderunt,
id. 35, 43:
alienis pedibus ambulamus, alienis oculis agnoscimus, alienā memoriā salutamus, alienā operā vivimus,
Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 19:
oportet enim omnia aut ad alienum arbitrium aut ad suum facere,
Plin. Ep. 6, 14; so Suet. Claud. 2:
alienum cursum alienumque rectorem, velut captā nave, sequi,
Plin. Pan. 82, 3; Tac. A. 15, 1 fin.:
pudicitiae neque suae neque alienae pepercit,
Suet. Calig. 36:
epistolas orationesque et edicta alieno formabat ingenio,
i. e. caused to be written by another, id. Dom. 20:
te conjux aliena capit,
Hor. S. 2, 7, 46; 1, 1, 110; so id. ib. 1, 3, 116:
vulnus,
intended for another, Verg. A. 10, 781: aliena [p. 85] cornua, of Actæon transformed into a stag, Ov. M. 3, 139:
alieno Marte pugnabant, sc. equites,
i. e. without horses, as footmen, Liv. 3, 62: aes alienum, lit. another's money; hence, in reference to him who has it, a debt; cf. aes. So also:
aliena nomina,
debts in others' names, debts contracted by others, Sall. C. 35, 3.—
B.
Esp.
1.
In reference to relationship or friendship, not belonging to one, alien from, not related or allied, not friendly, inimical, strange, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 43:
alienus est ab nostrā familiā,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 28; id. Heaut. 5, 4, 6 Ruhnk.:
multi ex finibus suis egressi se suaque omnia alienissimis crediderunt,
to utter strangers, Caes. B. G. 6, 31:
non alienus sanguine regibus,
Liv. 29, 29; Vell. 2, 76.—
Hence alienus and propinquus are antith.,
Cic. Lael. 5, 19:
ut neque amicis neque etiam alienioribus desim,
id. Fam. 1, 9 Manut.:
ut tuum factum alieni hominis, meum vero conjunctissimi et amicissimi esse videatur,
id. ib. 3, 6.—
2.
Trop.: alienum esse in or ab aliquā re, to be a stranger to a thing, i. e. not to be versed in or familiar with, not to understand:
in physicis Epicurus totus est alienus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 17:
homo non alienus a litteris,
not a stranger to, not unversed in, id. Verr. 2, 2, 26.—
3.
Foreign to a thing, i. e. not suited to it, unsuitable, incongruous, inadequate, inconsistent, unseasonable, inapposite, different from (opp. aptus); constr. with gen., dat., abl., and ab; cf. Burm. ad Ov. F. 1, 4; Manut. ad Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 5; Spald. ad Quint. 6, 3, 33; Zumpt, Gr. § 384.
(α).
With gen.:
pacis (deorum),
Lucr. 6, 69:
salutis,
id. 3, 832:
aliarum rerum,
id. 6, 1064:
dignitatis alicujus,
Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 11:
neque aliena consili (sc. domus D. Bruti),
convenient for consultation, Sall. C. 40, 5 Kritz al.—
(β).
With dat.:
quod illi causae maxime est alienum,
Cic. Caecin. 9, 24: arti oratoriae, Quint. prooem. 5; 4, 2, 62; Sen. Q. N. 4 praef.—
(γ).
With abl.:
neque hoc dii alienum ducunt majestate suā,
Cic. Div. 1, 38, 83:
homine alienissimum,
id. Off. 1, 13, 41:
dignitate imperii,
id. Prov. Cons. 8, 18:
amicitiā,
id. Fam. 11, 27:
existimatione meā,
id. Att. 6, 1:
domus magis his aliena malis,
farther from, Hor. S. 1, 9, 50:
loco, tempore,
Quint. 6, 3, 33.—
(δ).
With ab:
alienum a vitā meā,
Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 21: a dignitate rei publicae, Tib. Gracch. ap. Gell. 7, 19, 7:
a sapiente,
Cic. Ac. 2, 43, 132:
a dignitate,
id. Fam. 4, 7:
navigationis labor alienus non ab aetate solum nostrā, verum etiam a dignitate,
id. Att. 16, 3.—
(ε).
With inf. or clause as subject:
nec aptius est quidquam ad opes tuendas quam diligi, nec alienius quam timeri,
Cic. Off. 2, 7, 23:
non alienum videtur, quale praemium Miltiadi sit tributum, docere,
Nep. Milt. 6, 1.—
4.
Averse, hostile, unfriendly, unfavorable to:
illum alieno animo a nobis esse res ipsa indicat,
Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 40; Cic. Deiot. 9, 24:
a Pyrrho non nimis alienos animos habemus,
id. Lael. 8 fin.:
sin a me est alienior,
id. Fam. 2, 17:
ex alienissimis amicissimos reddere,
id. ib. 15, 4 al.:
Muciani animus nec Vespasiano alienus,
Tac. H. 2, 74.—Rar. transf. to things; as in the histt., alienus locus, a place or ground unfavorable for an engagement, disadvantageous (opp. suus or opportunus; cf.
Gron. Obs. 4, 17, 275): alieno loco proelium committunt,
Caes. B. G. 1, 15:
alienissimo sibi loco contra opportunissimo hostibus conflixit,
Nep. Them. 4, 5 Brem.—So of time unfitting, inconvenient, unfavorable, Varr. R. R. 3, 16:
ad judicium corrumpendum tempus alienum,
Cic. Verr. 1, 5; id. Caecin. 67:
vir egregius alienissimo rei publicae tempore exstinctus,
id. Brut. 1; id. Fam. 15, 14.—Of other things: alienum ( dangerous, perilous, hurtful) suis rationibus, Sall. C. 56, 5; Cels. 4, 5.—
5.
In medic. lang.
a.
Of the body, dead, corrupted, paralyzed (cf. alieno, II. B. 2.), Scrib. Comp. 201.—
b.
Of the mind, insane, mad (cf. alieno and alienatio):
Neque solum illis aliena mens erat, qui conscii conjurationis fuerant,
Sall. C. 37, 1 Herz.—
II.
Subst.
1.
ălĭēnus, i, m., a stranger.
a.
One not belonging to one's house, family, or country:
apud me cenant alieni novem,
Plaut. Stich. 3, 2, 21:
ut non ejectus ad alienos, sed invitatus ad tuos īsse videaris,
Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 23:
quas copias proximis suppeditari aequius est, eas transferunt ad alienos,
id. Off. 1, 14: cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni, id. Am. 5, 19:
quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur,
Vulg. Gen. 42, 7:
a filiis suis an ab alienis?
ib. Matt. 17, 24:
cives potiores quam peregrini, propinqui quam alieni,
Cic. Lael. 5:
quod alieno testimonium redderem, in eo non fraudabo avum meum,
Vell. 2, 76.—
b.
One not related to a person or thing:
in longinquos, in propinquos, in alienos, in suos irruebat,
Cic. Mil. 28, 76:
vel alienissimus rusticae vitae, naturae benignitatem miretur,
Col. 3, 21, 3.—
2.
ălĭēnum, i, n., the property of a stranger:
Haec erunt vilici officia: alieno manum abstineant, etc.,
Cato, R. R. 5, 1:
alieno abstinuit,
Suet. Tit. 7:
ex alieno largiri,
Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8; so,
de alieno largiri,
Just. 36, 3, 9:
alieni appetens, sui profugus,
Sall. C. 5; Liv. 5, 5:
in aliena aedificium exstruere,
Cic. Mil. 27, 74 (cf.:
in alieno solo aedificare,
Dig. 41, 1, 7).— Plur.,
a.
The property of a stranger:
quid est aliud aliis sua eripere, aliis dare aliena?
Cic. Off. 2, 23; Liv. 30, 30: aliena pervadere, a foreign (in opp. to the Roman) province, Amm. 23, 1.—
b.
The affairs or interests of strangers: Men. Chreme, tantumue ab re tuast oti tibi, aliena ut cures, ea, quae nihil ad te attinent. Chrem. Homo sum;
humani nihil a me alienum puto,
Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 23:
aliena ut melius videant quam sua,
id. ib. 3, 1, 95.—
c.
Things strange, foreign, not belonging to the matter in hand:
Quod si hominibus bonarum rerum tanta cura esset, quanto studio aliena ac nihil profutura multumque etiam periculosa petunt, etc.,
Sall. J. 1, 5; hence, aliena loqui, to talk strangely, wildly, like a crazy person:
Quin etiam, sic me dicunt aliena locutum, Ut foret amenti nomen in ore tuum,
Ov. Tr. 3, 19:
interdum in accessione aegros desipere et aliena loqui,
Cels. 3, 18 (v. alieniloquium).

► Comp. rare, but sup. very freq.; no adv. in use.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > alienus
3 cerca

adv.

near, close.

¿está o queda cerca? is it near o nearby?

cerca de near, close to; (en el espacio) nearly, about (aproximadamente)

de cerca closely; (examinar, mirar) deeply; (afectar) first-hand (vivir)

ver algo/a alguien de cerca to see something/somebody close up

por aquí cerca nearby

si no costó dos millones, andará cerca it can't have cost much less than two million

f.

1 fence (valla).

2 picket fence.

pres.indicat.

3^rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: cercar.

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cerca

► adverbio

1 (lugar y tiempo) near, close

■ el museo está muy cerca the museum is nearby

■ vente más cerca come closer

■ aquí cerca near here

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FRASEOLOGÍA

cerca de (cercano a) near, close 2 (aproximadamente) nearly, about, around

■ cerca de la estación near the station, close to the station

■ cerca de un año nearly a year

■ cerca de dos mil about two thousand

de cerca closely

■ lo vi de cerca I saw it close up

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cerca

► nombre femenino

1 (vallado) fence, wall

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1. adv.
close, near, nearby

- cerca de
2. noun f.
1) fence

2) wall

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SF (=valla) [de madera, alambre] fence; [de piedra, ladrillo] wall

cerca eléctrica — electrified fence, electric fence

cerca viva — hedge
II
1. ADV

1) [indicando proximidad] [de aquí o allí] near, nearby; [entre objetos, personas] close

no había un hospital cerca — there wasn't a hospital near there o nearby

está aquí cerca — it's very o just near here

¿está cerca la estación? — is the station near here o nearby?

está tan cerca que puedo ir andando — it's so near here o so close I can just walk

las casas están tan cerca que se pueden oír las conversaciones de los vecinos — the houses are so close (to each other) that you can hear what the neighbours are saying

quería tener más cerca a los amigos — he wanted to be nearer (to) o closer to his friends

las vacaciones están ya cerca — the holidays are nearly here, the holidays are not far off now

• cerca de — near (to), close to

viven cerca de la playa — they live near (to) o close to the beach

estaba sentada cerca de mí — she was sitting near me

se sentía muy cerca de su familia — she felt very close to her family

2)

• de cerca —

a) (=a poca distancia) [ver] close up; [seguir, observar, vigilar] closely

no veo bien de cerca — I can't see things close up, I'm long-sighted

visto de cerca, parece mayor — when you see him close up o at close quarters, he seems older

pudo ver de cerca la pobreza — she got to see poverty close at hand o at close quarters

el coche iba a gran velocidad, seguido de cerca por su escolta — the car was travelling at a high speed, followed closely by its escort

seguí de cerca la guerra a través de los periódicos — I followed the war closely in the newspapers

b) (=en persona) in person

para todos aquellos que no puedan ver la exposición de cerca — for all those unable to see the exhibition in person

he tenido la oportunidad de conocer de cerca a muchos famosos — I have had the opportunity of meeting many famous people personally o in person

los que lo conocen de cerca hablan muy bien de él — those who know him well speak very highly of him

la crisis me ha afectado muy de cerca — the crisis has affected me personally

no conoce de cerca los problemas de la población — he does not have first-hand o personal knowledge of the people's problems

3)

• cerca de — (=casi) nearly

hay cerca de ocho toneladas — there are nearly eight tons of it

cerca de 2.500 personas — nearly 2,500 people

son cerca de las seis — it's nearly six o'clock

• estar cerca de hacer algo — to come close to doing sth

he estado cerca de tirar el libro por la ventana — I've come close to throwing that book out of the window

estuvimos tan cerca de conseguir la victoria... — we were so close to obtaining victory...

4) esp Cono Sur

cerca nuestro/mío — near us/me

2. SM †

1) (=aspecto)

tiene buen cerca — it looks all right close up

2) pl cercas (Arte) foreground sing

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adverbio

1)

a) ( en el espacio) near, close

¿hay algún banco cerca? — is there a bank nearby o close by?

queda aquí cerquita — it's very near (here)

está por aquí cerca — it's near here (somewhere)

cerca de algo/alguien — near something/somebody

viven cerca de Tampico/de casa — they live near Tampico/near us

b)

de cerca — close up, close to

ver algo de cerca — to see something close up o close to

no veo bien de cerca — I'm longsighted

seguir algo de cerca — to follow something closely

2) ( en el tiempo) close

los exámenes ya están cerca — the exams aren't far away now

cerca de algo/+ inf — close to something/-ing

serán cerca de las dos — it must be nearly 2 o'clock o getting on for 2

3) ( indicando aproximación)

cerca de — almost, nearly

cerca de 1.000 — almost o nearly 1,000
II
femenino (de alambre, madera) fence; ( de piedra) wall

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I
adverbio

1)

a) ( en el espacio) near, close

¿hay algún banco cerca? — is there a bank nearby o close by?

queda aquí cerquita — it's very near (here)

está por aquí cerca — it's near here (somewhere)

cerca de algo/alguien — near something/somebody

viven cerca de Tampico/de casa — they live near Tampico/near us

b)

de cerca — close up, close to

ver algo de cerca — to see something close up o close to

no veo bien de cerca — I'm longsighted

seguir algo de cerca — to follow something closely

2) ( en el tiempo) close

los exámenes ya están cerca — the exams aren't far away now

cerca de algo/+ inf — close to something/-ing

serán cerca de las dos — it must be nearly 2 o'clock o getting on for 2

3) ( indicando aproximación)

cerca de — almost, nearly

cerca de 1.000 — almost o nearly 1,000
II
femenino (de alambre, madera) fence; ( de piedra) wall

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cerca¹

¹ = picket fence, fence.

Ex: The barrier between religion & government in the US is described as a picket fence between accommodationists & separationists.

Ex: I asked why Mr McGregor had a fence around the garden and whether or not Peter needed to go there for food.

* cerca de alambre = wire fence.

* cerca de alambre de púas = barbed-wire fence.

* cerca de tela metálica = wire fence.

* peldaños para saltar una cerca = stile.

cerca²

= near, nearby [near-by], near at hand, close at hand, handy, nigh, within walking distance, in the vicinity, within easy walking distance, within an easy walk.

Ex: You can restrict the neighborhood even more by using NEAR, which searches for two (or more) terms, in any order, in the same sentence.

Ex: An earlier leakage had prompted library staff to make arrangements with a nearby firm of book conservation specialists in the event of a further disaster.

Ex: The firm does not have to be near at hand, but there must be plenty of cooperation and consultation as to selection of stock.

Ex: Material needed daily should be stored close at hand.

Ex: The desire soon dies away and the book is forgotten if copies are not handy = El deseo pronto muere y el libro se olvida si no hay ejemplares a mano.

Ex: The article 'The end is nigh' predicts that the information technology crisis is likely to be worse than predicted because of the need to organize replacement of systems affected by the millennium problem = El artículo "El fin esta cerca' predice que la crisis de la tecnología de la información es probable que sea pero de lo previsto debido a la necesidad de organizar la sustitución de los sistemas afectados por el problema del milenio.

Ex: The pilot phase focused on the students at schools within walking distance of the Central Library.

Ex: In general while on desk duty the librarian must be aware of what is happening in the vicinity and notice who is coming and going.

Ex: For those who wish to make their own arrangements for accommodation, there are many hotels within easy walking distance.

Ex: A great neighborhood has stores and shops that satisfy everyday needs within an easy walk from home.

* al examinar Algo de cerca = on closer examination, on closer inspection.

* cerca de = close to, near [nearer -comp., nearest -sup.], in the vicinity of, in close proximity to, around, a heartbeat away from, in sight of, in the proximity of.

* cerca de + Fecha/Número = circa + Fecha/Número [ca o c, -abrev.].

* cerca + Posesivo = at + Posesivo + elbow.

* cerca uno del otro = in close proximity.

* conducir demasiado cerca de otro = tailgate.

* controlado de cerca = closely monitored.

* de cerca = at close range, at close quarters.

* demasiado cerca = too close for comfort.

* estar cerca = be at hand, be around.

* estar cerca de = be close to.

* estar muy cerca de = be one step away from, be steps away from, come + very close to.

* lo suficientemente cerca = within range.

* lo suficientemente cerca como para oír = within earshot of.

* más cerca de = more nearly.

* mirada de cerca = close look.

* mirada más de cerca = closer look.

* mucho más cerca = far closer.

* muy cerca = close-by.

* muy de cerca = not far behind.

* peligrosamente cerca = too close for comfort.

* seguido de cerca = closely followed, closely monitored.

* seguir de cerca = monitor, stay in + control, keep + track of.

* ver la muerte de cerca = have + brushes with death.

* vigilado de cerca = under close guard.

* vigilar Algo muy de cerca = keep + a watchful eye.

* visión de cerca = ringside view, ringside seat.

* vivir cerca = live + locally.

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cerca¹

adverb

A

1 (en el espacio) near, close

su casa queda or está muy cerca her house is very near o very close

¿hay algún banco cerca? is there a bank nearby o close by?

vamos a pie, queda aquí cerquita let's walk, it's very near (here) o it's very close

queda cerquísima it's only just around the corner ( o just down the road etc)

una de estas tiendas que hay aquí cerca one of these shops just up the road o around the corner o near here

cerca DE algo/algn:

viven cerca de casa/de Tampico they live near us/near Tampico

siéntate cerca de mí or ( crit) cerca mío sit near me

me siento muy cerca de ti I feel very close to you

2

de cerca close up, close to

me acerqué para verlo de cerca I went nearer so I could see it close up o close to

no veo bien de cerca I'm longsighted

seguir algo de cerca to follow sth closely

B (en el tiempo) close

los exámenes ya están cerca the exams aren't far away now, the exams are getting quite close now

cerca DE algo:

estamos ya cerca de la Navidad Christmas is not far away

cuando estemos más cerca de la fecha te lo diré I'll tell you closer to o nearer the day

estás tan cerca de lograrlo you're so close o near to achieving it

C

(indicando aproximación): cerca de almost, nearly, close on

vendieron cerca de 1.000 cabezas de ganado they sold almost o nearly o close on 1,000 head of cattle

cerca²

feminine

(de alambre, madera) fence; (de piedra) wall

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Del verbo cercar: ( conjugate cercar)

cerca es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo

2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo

Multiple Entries:
cerca
cercar
cerca adverbio
a) ( en el espacio) near, close;

cerca de algo/algn near sth/sb;
◊ ¿hay algún banco cerca? is there a bank nearby o close by?;

está por aquí cerca it's near here (somewhere);
mirar algo/a algn de cerca to look at sth/sb close up o close to;
seguir algo de cerca to follow sth closely
b) ( en el tiempo) close;

◊ los exámenes estaban cerca the exams were close;

estás tan cerca de lograrlo you're so close to achieving it;
serán cerca de las dos it must be nearly 2 o'clock
c) ( indicando aproximación):

◊ cerca de almost, nearly

■ sustantivo femenino (de alambre, madera) fence;
( de piedra) wall
cercar ( conjugate cercar) verbo transitivo
a) ‹campo/terreno› to enclose, surround;

( con valla) to fence in
b) ‹ persona› to surround

c) (Mil) ‹ ciudad› to besiege;

‹ enemigo› to surround
cerca 1 adverbio
1 (a poca distancia) near, close: el colegio está cerca de la biblioteca, the school is near the library
estábamos ya muy cerca, cuando..., we were almost there when...
ponte más cerca de ella, get closer to her
de cerca, closely: lo examiné de cerca, I examined it close up
2 (próximo en el tiempo) soon: ya están cerca las vacaciones, the holidays are coming up soon
♦ Locuciones: cerca de, (casi, aproximadamente) nearly, around
cerca de mil personas, about one thousand people
les esperamos cerca de una hora, we waited for them for about an hour (a punto de) estuve cerca de conseguirlo, I very nearly succeeded
cerca 2 sustantivo femenino fence, wall
cercar verbo transitivo
1 (con una valla) to fence, enclose
2 (al enemigo) to surround
' cerca' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
borde
- caer
- encima
- excavar
- filo
- junta
- junto
- mayoría
- ponerse
- seto
- tarde
- topless
- valla
- casi
- encontrar
- luego
- portón
- tapia
- tocar
- vecino
- ventaja
- ver
- verja
English:
alongside
- apprehend
- around
- avoid
- by
- chart
- circa
- close
- closely
- come up to
- convenient
- cricket
- do
- early
- fence
- go by
- gunshot
- hand
- handy
- hotly
- inhibited
- near
- nearby
- on
- pass by
- proximity
- quarter
- round
- shadow
- spitting distance
- tail
- thereabout
- thereabouts
- village
- yacht
- zoom in
- anywhere
- ear
- examination
- fencing
- florist
- follow
- late
- lie
- point
- range
- run
- set
- somewhere
- stile

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cerca

♦ nf
[valla] fence; [muro] wall
Comp
cerca eléctrica electric fence;
cerca viva hedge

♦ adv

1. [en el espacio] near, close;

¿está o [m5] queda cerca? is it near o nearby?;

no me hace falta un taxi porque voy cerca I don't need a taxi, because I'm not going far;

cerca de near, close to;

la tienda está cerca del metro the shop's near the Br underground o US subway;

está cerca de mí it's near me;

estuvo cerca de ganar el premio she came close to winning the prize;

de cerca [examinar, mirar] closely;
[afectar] deeply; [vivir] first-hand;
vivió de cerca el problema de las drogas she had first-hand experience of drug addiction;

no ve bien de cerca he's long-sighted;

ver algo/a alguien de cerca to see sth/sb close up;

por aquí cerca nearby

2. [en el tiempo]
el verano ya está cerca summer is nearly here, summer isn't far away;

cerca del principio close to o near the beginning;

son cerca de las ocho it's about eight (o'clock);

los hechos ocurrieron cerca de las seis de la tarde the events in question took place at around six o'clock in the evening;

estamos cerca del final del festival we are nearing o approaching the end of the festival

3. [indica aproximación]
cerca de nearly, about;

acudieron cerca de mil manifestantes there were nearly o about a thousand demonstrators there;

si no costó 2 millones, andará cerca it can't have cost much less than 2 million

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cerca

1 f fence

cerca

2 adv

1 near, close;

de cerca close up;

seguir de cerca follow closely;

vivo muy cerca, me coge muy cerca I live very close by;

cerca de near, close to

2 ( casi) nearly

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cerca adv

1) : close, near, nearby

2)

cerca de : nearly, almost

cerca nf

1) : fence

2) : (stone) wall

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cerca¹ adv near / close

vivo muy cerca I live very near

los exámenes están cerca the exams are nearly here

cerca de (junto a) near (casi) nearly

¿vives cerca de aquí? do you live near here?

la biblioteca está cerca del parque the library is near the park

llevo cerca de una hora esperando I've been waiting for nearly an hour

de cerca close up

cerca² n fence

una cerca de alambre a wire fence

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