Closed in Spanish

“Closed” in Spanish is cerrado, or cerrada with a feminine noun. It's an adjective, pronounced /seˈra.do/.

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A sidewalk with closed commercial storefronts, with metal shutters rolled down and a no-entry sign hanging on the glass door of one of the businesses. — cerrado / cerrada /seˈra.do/ · adjective Hear the word

In a sentence

La tienda está cerrada hoy.

The store is closed today.

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Grammar note

It agrees with its noun: el banco está cerrado, la tienda está cerrada. Use estar, because closed is a state.

In most of Spain the z, or c before e or i, is said like the th in think: /θeˈra.do/.

How to remember it

Picture a sign on a shop door: ABIERTO (open) on one side, CERRADO on the other. Turn it over in your head.

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