Cerrar preterite conjugation
Cerrar in the preterite: cerré, cerraste, cerró, cerramos, cerrasteis, cerraron.
- to close; to shut; to lock
- stem-changing (e→ie)
- Participle: cerrado
- Gerund: cerrando
Preterite pretérito
| yo | cerré |
|---|---|
| tú | cerraste |
| él/ella/usted | cerró |
| nosotros | cerramos |
| vosotros | cerrasteis |
| ellos/ellas/ustedes | cerraron |
How to use cerrar in the preterite
The preterite is regular, with no stem change: cerré, cerraste, cerró, cerramos, cerraron. Use it for something closed at a specific moment, including deals and sales: Cerramos la venta ayer. It also reports businesses that shut down: El restaurante cerró el año pasado. Do not add the ie here. With deals and sales, cerró is the standard verb in sales reports and team updates.
Examples
El restaurante de la esquina cerró el año pasado.
The restaurant on the corner closed last year.
¿Cerraste la puerta con llave?
Did you lock the door?
Cerramos el trimestre con un aumento del diez por ciento.
We closed the quarter with a ten percent increase.
Quick check: cerrar in the preterite
More cerrar tenses
- All cerrar tenses
- Cerrar present
- Cerrar imperfect
- Cerrar future
- Cerrar conditional
- Cerrar present subjunctive
- Cerrar affirmative commands
Other verbs in the preterite
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