Cerro in english

cerrar = close ; close down ; seal off ; shut down ; shut off ; zip ; fold ; fold up + shop ; close up ; shut ; close off. 

Example: The date due calculated by the circulation programs is always checked against the list of dates the library is closed to ensure that a document is not due when it cannot be returned.Example: In this case, however, summer vacation resulted in universities and other institutions closing down completely right in the middle of her stay.Example: In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.Example: Cyberattacks involve routers acting at a predesignated time or trigger time and flooding various targeted Web sites with data -- effectively shutting down the Web site.Example: Advanced design sprinklers shut off water when the fire is out, reducing the risk of water damage.Example: The study investigated the use of a video to teach 3 self-help skills (cleaning sunglasses, putting on a wristwatch, and zipping a jacket) to 3 elementary students with mental disabilities.Example: By the mid-eighties, two of the big companies folded, but were replaced by a handful of small, independent firms = By the mid-eighties, two of the big companies folded, but were replaced by a handful of small, independent firms.Example: Why talented and passionate business people so often fold up shop while their less talented, less skilled brethren continue to thrive.Example: Make sure to blow out the metal shavings before closing it up as they could wreak havoc on the components if left free to move about.Example: The Swiss operator of one of Europe's oldest commercial nuclear reactors has announced plans to shut the plant by 2022.Example: Subsequently, we found out that closing off that large area wasn't helping these two species and was unnecessarily affecting fishermen.

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» cerrar a cal y canto = bolt + Nombre + closed [Usado generalmente para puertas y ventanas] ; bolt + Nombre + shut .

Example: In one scene, while Nancy is being chased by him, she runs into her house, spun around and slammed the door shut and bolted it closed.

Example: When they were in the kitchen, Baylor shut the door leading into the garage and bolted it shut.

» cerrar atando = tie + Nombre + shut .

Example: He was wearing a caplet that had a high, lacey collar and bows to tie it shut.

» cerrar con candado = padlock .

Example: The five captives told last night how they had been blindfolded by armed guards and padlocked in a room for most of a week.

» cerrar con cierre metálico = shutter .

Example: Women and children wept as the vast cortege, headed by 150 surpliced clergymen wound its way from the church through the streets in which every shop was shuttered.

» cerrar con llave = lock .

Example: She put the dishes in the sink, locked the balcony door, found her purse, and sallied forth.

» cerrar con tablas = board up .

Example: Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.

» cerrar con tablones = board up .

Example: Yet rather than battening down the hatches and boarding up the shopfronts, it is more a case of polishing the silver and pulling out the corks.

» cerrar con un broche de oro = end + Nombre + on a high (note) .

Example: There were ups and downs, to be sure, but it sure did end on a high note.

» cerrar definitivamente = close down + operations ; close + Posesivo + doors .

Example: An economic recession forced the automative plant to close down operations.

Example: This is an account of how customers and booksellers suffer alike when a friendly, community oriented independent bookstore closes its doors.

» cerrar de golpe = slam .

Example: He is sick of it, baffled by it and would rather repeatedly slam his pinkie finger in the door of his car than write another word of it.

» cerrar deslizando = slide + Nombre + closed .

Example: I didn't want to wake them up, so I put on my shoes carefully, got up carefully and slid the door open and slid it closed again.

» cerrar de un portazo = slam .

Example: He is sick of it, baffled by it and would rather repeatedly slam his pinkie finger in the door of his car than write another word of it.

» cerrar el catálogo = close + the catalogue [Dejar de actualizar el catálogo manual, generalmente por la introducción de un sistema automatizado] .

Example: The process, however, will be possible when we close our catalogs to desuperimpose from ALA to AACR by machine.

» cerrar el negocio = fold up + shop ; close up + shop .

Example: Why talented and passionate business people so often fold up shop while their less talented, less skilled brethren continue to thrive.

Example: When Kodak got into difficulties, they closed up shop in north Toronto and demolished all of their buildings.

» cerrar el pico = shut + Posesivo + gob ; shut up ; shut + Posesivo + mouth ; shut + Posesivo + face ; shut + the fuck up ; clam (up) .

Example: One wizen old crone, however, jabbed her walking stick in his direction and told him to shut his gob.

Example: Sex offender Jonathan King is told to 'shut up' after he protests his innocence as he is released from jail.

Example: I told him to shut his mouth and he stormed out of the restaurant and I haven't spoken to him since.

Example: He then allegedly told her to shut her face before proceeding to blast it with punches, breaking her jaw.

Example: I'm sick of it, and everyone else in this room is fucking sick to death of it, and you need to shut the fuck up now.

Example: I played the tape and the bird responded twice before it clammed up for the next 4 hours!.

» cerrar filas = close + ranks .

Example: The profession in general would probably be better served by closing ranks and promoting the generic skills of the information professional.

» cerrar herméticamente = seal .

Example: A spider web of metal, sealed in a thin glass container, a wire heated to brilliant glow, in short, the thermionic tube of radio sets is made by the hundred million, tossed about in packages, plugged into sockets -- and it works!.

» cerrar la boca = shut + Posesivo + gob ; shut up ; shut + Posesivo + mouth ; shut + Posesivo + face ; shut + the fuck up ; clam (up) .

Example: One wizen old crone, however, jabbed her walking stick in his direction and told him to shut his gob.

Example: Sex offender Jonathan King is told to 'shut up' after he protests his innocence as he is released from jail.

Example: I told him to shut his mouth and he stormed out of the restaurant and I haven't spoken to him since.

Example: He then allegedly told her to shut her face before proceeding to blast it with punches, breaking her jaw.

Example: I'm sick of it, and everyone else in this room is fucking sick to death of it, and you need to shut the fuck up now.

Example: I played the tape and the bird responded twice before it clammed up for the next 4 hours!.

» cerrar la marcha = bring up + the rear .

Example: As always, Adam was in the lead, and John brought up the rear.

» cerrar la puerta de golpe = slam + a door ; slam + Nombre + shut [Usado generalmente para puertas y ventanas] .

Example: On several occasions he was witness to the sights and sounds of Balzac's emotionalism, including tantrum-pitched screaming, banging fists on desks, and slamming doors.

Example: In one scene, while Nancy is being chased by him, she runs into her house, spun around and slammed the door shut and bolted it closed.

» cerrar las cortinas = draw + the curtains closed ; close + the curtains .

Example: As dusk began to fall, you drew the curtains closed and switched on the lights.

Example: We will soon be able to control the heating and even close the curtains in our home by giving voice commands.

» cerrar las escotillas = batten down + hatches .

Example: Battens have plenty of other uses besides battening down hatches.

» cerrar la sesión = sign off .

Example: My wife signs off most emails with 'ciao' while I use 'Peace' or 'Thanks' a lot.

» cerrar los ojos = shut + Posesivo + eyes ; close + Posesivo + eyes .

Example: She shut her eyes and stayed glued to the chilly tiled wall, even though it caused her skin to break out in goosepimples.

Example: I have friends and family that can just close their eyes and go out like a light.

» cerrar los postigos = shutter .

Example: Women and children wept as the vast cortege, headed by 150 surpliced clergymen wound its way from the church through the streets in which every shop was shuttered.

» cerrar muy bien = close + tight .

Example: Adolescents cannot be led so easily, so unselfconsciously as children, and disenchantment can be a door that closes tight against attempts to reinvigorate dulled literary receptivity.

» cerrar una compañía = wind up + a company .

Example: The resolution to wind up the company once passed can be annulled only by the High Court.

» cerrar un acuerdo = conclude + an agreement ; conclude + a deal ; cut + a deal ; strike + a deal .

Example: At the same time publishers and booksellers combined once more to fix retail prices, concluding in 1900 a 'net book agreement' by which booksellers were forbidden to retail new books at less than list prices.

Example: Both the newspapers and the unions want to cut their losses by concluding a deal in advance of a court hearing that is scheduled to decide on the original causes of the strike.

Example: He said that people in his country are increasingly against whaling and that it is becoming more difficult to cut a deal with Japan.

Example: The article is entitled 'The Times newspaper strikes deal with Gale to digitise back issues from 1785'.

» cerrar una empresa = wind up + a company .

Example: The resolution to wind up the company once passed can be annulled only by the High Court.

» cerrar una herida = heal + a wound .

Example: Under these circumstances, physical expressions of love and concern not only enrich the soul, but go a far way in healing wounds and renewing hope.

» cerrar una puerta corriéndola = slide + a door closed .

Example: I didn't want to wake them up, so I put on my shoes carefully, got up carefully and slid the door open and slid it closed again.

» cerrar una puerta deslizándola = slide + a door closed .

Example: I didn't want to wake them up, so I put on my shoes carefully, got up carefully and slid the door open and slid it closed again.

» cerrar una ventana = switch off + a window [Usado en informática] .

Example: Many menus are now pop-up or pull-down menus or appear in windows which can be switched on and off.

» cerrar un negocio = go out of + business .

Example: Unless electronic mail system suppliers recognise this, they will go out of business.

» cerrar un trato = close + a deal ; clinch + a deal ; cut + a deal ; strike + a deal .

Example: Electronic signatures allow our sales reps to close deals in minutes instead of days.

Example: Your quote was not the cheapest one we received, but the personality of your salesman clinched the deal.

Example: He said that people in his country are increasingly against whaling and that it is becoming more difficult to cut a deal with Japan.

Example: The article is entitled 'The Times newspaper strikes deal with Gale to digitise back issues from 1785'.

» cerrar y echar el cerrojo = bolt + Nombre + closed [Usado generalmente para puertas y ventanas] ; bolt + Nombre + shut .

Example: In one scene, while Nancy is being chased by him, she runs into her house, spun around and slammed the door shut and bolted it closed.

Example: When they were in the kitchen, Baylor shut the door leading into the garage and bolted it shut.

» ¡cierra el pico! = put a sock in it! ; shut your mouth! ; shut your face! .

Example: Last week's statement should be seen as the last word and a signal for the industry to put a sock in it for a while.

Example: Sounding much like her character on the former sitcom, Roseanne, she wrote: 'The judge is trying to teach you a lesson, shut your mouth and learn it!'.

Example: The editorial states that the principal read a patriotic poem at a flag-raising ceremony and shouted 'shut your face' to those who did not share his opinion.

» ¡cierra la boca! = shut your mouth! ; shut your face! ; cut + the cackle .

Example: Sounding much like her character on the former sitcom, Roseanne, she wrote: 'The judge is trying to teach you a lesson, shut your mouth and learn it!'.

Example: The editorial states that the principal read a patriotic poem at a flag-raising ceremony and shouted 'shut your face' to those who did not share his opinion.

Example: We can't deny the fact that it is time to cut the cackle and get down to business.

» correr para cerrar = slide + Nombre + closed .

Example: I didn't want to wake them up, so I put on my shoes carefully, got up carefully and slid the door open and slid it closed again.

» correr una puerta para cerrarla = slide + a door closed .

Example: I didn't want to wake them up, so I put on my shoes carefully, got up carefully and slid the door open and slid it closed again.

» deslizar para cerrar = slide + Nombre + closed .

Example: I didn't want to wake them up, so I put on my shoes carefully, got up carefully and slid the door open and slid it closed again.

» deslizar una puerta para cerrarla = slide + a door closed .

Example: I didn't want to wake them up, so I put on my shoes carefully, got up carefully and slid the door open and slid it closed again.

» en una abrir y cerrar de ojos = at the drop of a hat .

Example: Sometimes these tantrums start at the drop of a hat for often no apparent reason other than the fact that he's 2 years old.

» en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = in the blink of an eye ; in the twinkling of an eye ; in a snap ; in a jiff(y) ; in the time it takes to flick a switch ; at the flick of a switch ; with the flick of a switch ; in a flash ; in no time at all ; in next to no time ; with the tip of a hat ; in and out in a flash ; in a heartbeat ; as quick as a wink ; in a trice ; in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) ; in the wink of an eye ; in two shakes (of a duck's tail) ; in two shakes (of a donkey's tail) ; in two licks .

Example: Society has moved from micro to macro scale in almost the blink of an eye.

Example: You can send an email message from Boston to Addis Ababa in a twinkling of an eye, but that message may be expunged in a second twinkling.

Example: Firefox installs in a snap, and it's free.

Example: My son had his milk teeth removed and the doctor did it in a jiffy and my son didn't even realise.

Example: In the time it takes to flick a switch, the party can disintegrate into a free-for-all of petty bickering.

Example: It may now be possible to lower your blood pressure at the flick of a switch by stimulating parts of the brain with electrodes.

Example: Either armor piercing or high explosive ammunition may be selected with the flick of a switch.

Example: In a flash, without a moment wasted on intelligent astonishment, the poor accosted earthling gives a detailed description of the instrument he apparently assumes without further investigation the stranded space man needs.

Example: In no time at all, the printing revolution also changed institutions, including the educational system.

Example: What we call the universe, in short, came from almost nowhere in next to no time.

Example: These people have absolutely no scruples, commiting genocide with the tip of a hat.

Example: Burglars could be in and out in a flash and it may be hours before you even realise that anything is missing.

Example: Life is too short, and it can be over in a heartbeat.

Example: And quick as a wink, Jack picked up the coin and put it into his purse.

Example: In a trice we find ourselves left without civilisation -- just a push of a wrong button and everything goes straight to a primitive state.

Example: He said something to them turned around and was gone in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

Example: This incident happened in plain daylight and in the wink of an eye.

Example: After shaving the back of my neck, he sloshed a lather on my face and in two shakes of a duck's tail, my chin was as smooth as the bottom of a baby.

Example: This quiche is ready in two shakes of a donkey's tail and literally takes no time at all to put together.

Example: I'm headed out to the barn to pull the buggy around -- I'll be back in two licks to give you a hand.

» forzar a cerrar un Negocio = drive out of + business .

Example: However, those who do not imitate superior solution are driven out of business.

» hacer en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = whip up ; knock up .

Example: I respect artists, don't get me wrong, but this is something anybody could whip up in 10 minutes.

Example: It's simple food and and to be honest not unlike something you could knock up at home but it's nice for someone else to cook.

» no cerrar ninguna puerta = keep + Posesivo + options open ; leave + Posesivo + options open .

Example: She is keen to become a mother but is keeping her options open about when or how she might do it.

Example: Eventually, she would like to return to Montana, but for now she is leaving her options open for wherever her career path takes her.

» obligar a cerrar el negocio = force out of + business ; force + Nombre + out of the marketplace .

Example: If suppliers are forced out of business, there will be less software to lend and prices will rise with the lack of competition.

Example: Some users hope that market forces will force some of the smaller hosts out of the marketplace, but with cheaper telecommunications and computing technology this seems something of a vain hope.

» paréntesis que cierra = right parenthesis .

Example: Don't forget to reenter the right parenthesis.

» pasar en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = be a blip in time .

Example: No matter how grand or how dismal a situation is -- it's only one small blip in time.

» preparar en un abrir y cerrar de ojos = knock up ; whip up .

Example: It's simple food and and to be honest not unlike something you could knock up at home but it's nice for someone else to cook.

Example: I respect artists, don't get me wrong, but this is something anybody could whip up in 10 minutes.

» ¡punto en boca! = cut + the cackle .

Example: We can't deny the fact that it is time to cut the cackle and get down to business.

» que no cierra bien = leaky [leakier -comp., leakiest -sup.]  ; leaking .

Example: He fixed the leaky faucet by pugging it with a cork, hammering it in with a mallet, wrapping it up with electrical tape, and leaving it to increase in water pressure until the pipe exploded .

Example: The documents were relegated to an environmentally unsafe location, where they were damaged by a leaking water pipe.

» que puede volver a cerrarse herméticamente = resealable  .

Example: Find information about resealable packaging.

» sin cerrar con llave = unlocked .

Example: Theft or attempted theft of belongings is excluded if your car has been left unlocked, left with the keys in it or with a window or roof open.

» un abrir y cerrar de ojos = a blink or two .

Example: On the last day we walked around the small town which only took a blink or two and then drove around to look at the old brewery, post office and other stuff.

» volver a cerrar herméticamente = reseal  .

Example: The can should be metal, and it should be the sort that comes with a plastic lid for resealing after the top has been removed with a can opener1.

cerro = hill ; mound. 

Example: The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.Example: On the treeless mound he took out his fieldglasses and began to survey the enemy's positions on the hills about 2 miles away.

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» echar por los cerros de Ubeda = go off at/on + a tangent ; fly off at/on + a tangent .

Example: The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.

Example: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.

» irse por los cerros de Ubeda = go off at/on + a tangent ; fly off at/on + a tangent .

Example: The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.

Example: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.

» salir por los cerros de Ubeda = go off at/on + a tangent ; fly off at/on + a tangent .

Example: The book encourages the reader to go off on a tangent and wander from thought to thought endlessly.

Example: There's a real danger of flying off on a tangent while writing about this as it for once is purely about politics and there's 'nowt' as controversial as that.