Closer in spanish
pronunciation: mɑsθeɹ̩kɑ part of speech: adverb
close [closer -comp., closest -sup.]1 = cercano, próximo. [Pincha en o en para ver otros adjetivos cuyo grados comparativos y superlativos se formas añadiendo "-er" o "-est" (o sus variantes "-r" o "-st") al final]
Example: Superior cataloguing may result, since more consistency and closer adherence to standard codes are likely to emerge with cataloguers who spend all of their time cataloguing, than with a librarian who tackles cataloguing as one of various professional tasks.more:
» at close quarters = de cerca, cuerpo a cuerpo.
Example: Horse riding holidays in Ireland are a great way to see the famous Irish countryside at close quarters.» at close range = de cerca, a bocajarro, a quemarropa, a boca de jarro.
Example: The study described in this book examined at close range the experiences of 12 elementary school students.» be as close as we come to = ser lo más parecido a.
Example: An amnesty day that eliminates fines for overdue materials is as close as we come to a 'rebate'.» be close to = estar cerca de.
Example: The company, which was close to bankruptcy in 1988, repaid its debts in 1989.» be close to = ser parecido a.
Example: As this table shows, the age profile for all borrowers is very close to that of all adults in the country but when one looks at the more frequent users, the regular borrowers, the older people come more to the fore.» become + close = acercarse, intimar, fraternizar, congeniar.
Example: They became close over the next several months but never quite fell in love -- at least not the head-over-heels, gooey-eyed kind that makes you ache inside.» be on close terms = llevarse bien, congeniar, estar de buenas.
Example: There's always a way out if you move with times and are on close terms with the computer technologies.» be under close guard = vigilar de cerca, estar bajo estrecha vigilancia.
Example: Across the street, an American tank roared out of the monumental gates of the Defense Ministry, untouched by the looters presumably because they knew that the ministry, at least, would be under close guard by American troops = Al otro lado de la calle, un tanque estadounidense salio rugiendo de las enormes puertas del Ministerio de Defensa, al margen de los saqueadores, probablemente porque sabían que el ministerio, por lo menos, estaría bajo estrecha vigilancia por las tropas estadounidenses.» be (very) close to + Posesivo + heart = llevar en el corazón, llevar cerca del corazón, llevar muy dentro de + Pronombre, tocar muy de cerca.
Example: Angelina found herself shocked at the images coming from New Orleans, a city she has often referred to as being very close to her heart.» bring + closer together = acercarse aun más, acercarse más aun.
Example: Automation can bring the work of reference and lending librarians closer together to the benefit of both librarians and users.» close at hand = cerca, cercano.
Example: Material needed daily should be stored close at hand.» close-by = cercano, muy cerca.
Example: The second phase of the study entailed interviewing at close-by universities in the Midwest.» close call = por los pelos, escape por los pelos.
Example: In the seconds after a close call, you might think of the consequences of the crash -- serious injuries, a hospital stay, rehabilitation, and recovery.» close combat = combate cuerpo a cuerpo, combate mano a mano, lucha cuerpo a cuerpo, lucha mano a mano.
Example: The purpose of this textbook is to present the reader with both offensive and defensive examples of close combat.» close competition = campeonato muy reñido, competición muy reñida.
Example: A close competition, there was a winning team and two teams tied in second place.» close cousin = especie cercana.
Example: In this videotape, students learn about the similar characteristics that all bugs share and compare them to their close cousins, the arachnids.» close encounter with death = roce con la muerte, encuentro con la muerte.
Example: The result was that I survived six high-dose chemotherapy treatments and a very close encounter with death.» close family member = familiar cercano.
Example: I have written screeds and screeds, straight from the heart, even voicing my opinions on close family members.» close fighting = lucha mano a mano, pelea mano a mano, lucha cuerpo a cuerpo, pelea cuerpo a cuerpo.
Example: It is remembered as one of the biggest samurai battles in history -- in just six hours of close fighting, thousands of samurai were killed.» close finish = llegada muy reñida.
Example: In 1947 certain racetracks introduced cameras at the winning post to determine the outcomes of close finishes.» close friend = allegado, amigo cercano, amigo íntimo.
Example: A Manlius man died in a car crash early Sunday while driving back to college in Florida after spending the holidays with family, a close friend said.» close-quarter combat = combate en espacios cerrados, combate en espacios confinados.
Example: Close-quarter combat is from very close hand-to-hand combat range up to 100 meters.» close-quarter fighting = lucha mano a mano, pelea mano a mano, lucha cuerpo a cuerpo, pelea cuerpo a cuerpo.
Example: This book brings together the stories of soldiers involved in close-quarter fighting during World War Two.» close relation = pariente cercano, especie cercana.
Example: Another close relation is the findings-oriented abstracts they emphasize the results or findings of an investigation, rather than selecting material according to the interest of a given audience.» close relative = pariente cercano, especie cercana.
Example: The behavior of a close relative challenges assumptions about male supremacy in human evolution.» close shave = afeitado apurado, afeitado al ras.
Example: This aftershave gently cools, stimulates and refreshes your skin after a close shave.» close shave = por los pelos, escape por los pelos.
Example: I am glad that, after a close shave with near bankruptcy two years ago, you have successfully returned to profitability.» close shave with death = roce con la muerte, encuentro con la muerte.
Example: A father-of-two is trying to get back in touch with his old school chums from 50 years ago, after a close shave with death.» close to = cerca de.
Example: Thus, language and literature, medicine and physiology, and botany and agriculture could conveniently be placed close to each other.» close up = primer plano.
Example: People are more used to going up for a closer look at an interesting feature on an object rather than selecting a close up photograph from some high-tech display unit.» come + closer together = acercarse aun más, acercarse más aun.
Example: I also have the impression, and it is no more than an impression, that the two are coming closer and closer together.» come + close to (+ Gerundio) = casi conseguir, estar a punto de.
Example: Konrad Gesner probably came closest to achieving universal bibliographic control in the sixteenth century.» come + close (to) = acercarse (a), aproximarse (a), arrimarse (a).
Example: I believe we're coming close to the end of human history as we know it.» come + close to blows = casi llegar a las manos, faltar poco para llegar a las manos.
Example: The police immediately came to interpose themselves between the two opposing groups, both of which were now vehemently shouting at each other and coming close to blows.» come + close to death = casi morir, casi fallecer, estar a punto de morir.
Example: For someone that comes close to death some say they have 'cheated death'.» come + close to dying = casi morir, casi fallecer, estar a punto de morir.
Example: When we think about near death experiences we picture someone that has come close to dying, but does not actually die.» come + very close to = estar muy cerca de, estar a punto de, faltar el canto de un duro para.
Example: A new hypothesis about recent human evolution suggests that we came very close to extinction because of a 'volcanic winter' that occurred 71000 years ago.» draw + closer together = acercarse aun más, acercarse más aun.
Example: Librarians and information workers, who have often been working separately, must draw closer together.» draw + Nombre + closer to = acercar a, acercarse a.
Example: If the turtles head the wrong way, volunteers can employ red lamps to draw them closer to the ocean = Si las tortugas van por el camino equivocado, los voluntarios pueden emplear lámparas rojas para acercarlas al océano.» get + closer = acercarse, aproximarse, arrimarse.
Example: We are not ready for it yet, but we are getting closer every day.» get up + close and personal with = intimar con, interactuar de carca con, observar de cerca, ver de cerca.
Example: Colorado Wildlife Center offers the unique opportunity to get up close and personal -- sometimes too personal -- with wolves and other animals.» have + a (close) brush with = casi chocar con, pasar casi chocando con, casi llegar a chocar con.
Example: Earth has had a close brush with an asteroid thrice the size of a soccer field = Un asteroide de tres veces el tamaño de un campo de fútbol ha pasado casi chocando con la tierra.» have + a (close) brush with death = ver la muerte de cerca, estar cerca de la muerte, estar al borde de la muerte, bailar con la muerte, sobrevivir de milagro, salvar la vida de milagro.
Example: People who have close brushes with death, or recover from clinical death, have strikingly similar 'death experiences'.» have + a (close) brush with disaster = evitar la catástrofe por los pelos, evitar el desastre por los pelos.
Example: Our cruiser had a close brush with disaster yesterday when it narrowly avoided colliding with a fishing boat.» have + a (close) brush with the law = librarse de tener un percance con la ley de milagro.
Example: Around 1925, in a particularly close brush with the law, Poole was nearly killed when police raided a roadhouse in which he was performing.» have + a close call = escaparse por los pelos, salvarse de milagro, salvarse por los pelos, librarse por los pelos.
Example: Most people have had a close call with another car, a person walking, or an object while driving.» have + a close encounter with death = ver la muerte de cerca, estar cerca de la muerte, estar al borde de la muerte, bailar con la muerte, sobrevivir de milagro, salvar la vida de milagro.
Example: You may hear once in a while where someone had a close encounter with death, but they never made it six feet under -- death is something we can escape easily.» have + a close shave = afeitarse al ras, raparse.
Example: My boyfriend is bald now, he has a close shave and he is the hottest thing.» have + a close shave = escaparse por los pelos, salvarse de milagro, salvarse por los pelos, librarse por los pelos.
Example: A woman on board a roller-coaster ride had a close shave yesterday when the wooden train derailed as it reached the platform.» have + a close shave with death = ver la muerte de cerca, estar cerca de la muerte, estar al borde de la muerte, bailar con la muerte, sobrevivir de milagro, salvar la vida de milagro.
Example: She had a close shave with death recently when she was on her way to a friend's place to attend a small get-together.» hold + Nombre + close to + Posesivo + heart = tener mucho cariño, guardar mucho cariño.
Example: My freedom and new life did not come without a cost, I lost something I loved dearly and will always hold her close to my heart.» keep + close tabs on = controlar muy de cerca, seguir muy de cerca, estar muy pendiente de, vigilar de cerca.
Example: Police busted the group after keeping close tabs on their activities.» keep + Nombre + close to + Posesivo + heart = guardar como oro en paño, conservar como oro en paño.
Example: She gave her friend Cox a necklace when her daughter, Coco, was born, and she is still keeping it close to her heart almost seven years later.» keep + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest = mantener + Posesivo + intenciones ocultas, no soltar prenda, ocultar + Posesivo + intenciones, esconder + Posesivo + intentions.
Example: I think she kept her cards close to her chest, even when Ray asked her about other men she was very cagey and didn't give much away.» live + dangerously close to the edge = vivir peligrosamente, llevar una vida arriesgada.
Example: He was a caustic yet perceptive actor-comedian who lived dangerously close to the edge both on stage and off.» play + Posesivo + cards close to + Posesivo + chest = mantener + Posesivo + intenciones ocultas, no soltar prenda, ocultar + Posesivo + intenciones, esconder + Posesivo + intentions.
Example: I too would like more transparency but when the opposition are such wreckers of every policy I can understand why cards are played close to the chest.» too close for comfort = demasiado cerca, peligrosamente cerca.
Example: Scientists say an asteroid came a little too close for comfort to Earth this week.closer = Véase close.
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» bring + Nombre + a step closer = acercar un poco más.
Example: This porject joins a set of like-minded initiatives to bring the vision a step closer.» closer examination = examen más minucioso, análisis más minucioso.
Example: Specific aspects of this study needs closer examination.» closer look = mirada más de cerca, observar con más detalle.
Example: People are more used to going up for a closer look at an interesting feature on an object rather than selecting a close up photograph from some high-tech display unit.» closer reading = lectura más minuciosa.
Example: Processing incoming papers by a first scan to see whether they offer interesting looking words stimulating closer reading is an effective information acquisition strategy.» closer to home = más fácil de entender para nosotros.
Example: Perhaps closer to home is the assertion that 'librarians could not have helped us to organize and make available the most important research resources in the field'.» draw + Nombre + closer to = acercar a, acercarse a.
Example: If the turtles head the wrong way, volunteers can employ red lamps to draw them closer to the ocean = Si las tortugas van por el camino equivocado, los voluntarios pueden emplear lámparas rojas para acercarlas al océano.» draw up + closer = acercarse, aproximarse, arrimarse.
Example: 'I assume it has something to do with your choice of wardrobe,' Faye said drawing up closer and giving Sarah a hug = "Supongo que tiene algo que ver con tu elección de vestuario," dijo Faye acercándose y dándole un abrazo a Sarah.» far closer = mucho más cerca.
Example: International standardization was at a very early stage far closer to an ideal than a reality.» inch + closer (and closer) = acercarse muy lentamente.
Example: Leo giggled to himself as he inched closer and closer to his target.» move + closer to = acercarse a.
Example: By taking this step, they moved closer to becoming a true 'library without walls'.» move + closer together = acercarse aun más, acercarse más aun.
Example: When water boils the particles do not move closer together but further apart.» on closer examination = al examinar Algo de cerca, al analizar Algo más detenidamente, al estudiar Algo más detenidamente.
Example: The 1st impression of cosiness is dispelled on closer examination, which reveals gross overcrowding in staff working areas.» on closer inspection = al examinar Algo de cerca, al analizar Algo más detenidamente, al estudiar Algo más detenidamente.
Example: However, this area is visible on closer inspection, ensuring that the repair is detectable.