cerro

m.

1 hill.

irse por los cerros de Úbeda (informal figurative) to go off at a tangent, to stray from the point (peninsular Spanish)

2 Cerro.

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cerro

► nombre masculino

1 hill

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FRASEOLOGÍA

irse por los cerros de beda figurado to beat around the bush

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SM

1) (Geog) hill

- andar o echarse o ir por los cerros de Úbeda

2) (Zool) back

- ir en cerro

3) (Téc) bunch of cleaned hemp or flax

4) And (=montón) heap, load

un cerro de algo — a heap of sth, a load of sth

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masculino (Geog) hill

irse por los cerros de úbeda — to go off at a tangent

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= hill, mound.

Ex. The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.

Ex. 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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* salir por los cerros de Ubeda = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, fly off on + a tangent.

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masculino (Geog) hill

irse por los cerros de úbeda — to go off at a tangent

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= hill, mound.

Ex: The library is poorly sited outside the shopping centre and on the brow of a hill, and faces competition from adjoining libraries.

Ex: On the treeless mound he took out his fieldglasses and began to survey the enemy's positions on the hills about 2 miles away.

* salir por los cerros de Ubeda = go off on + a tangent, go off at + a tangent, fly off on + a tangent.

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cerro

masculine

1 (Geog) hill

irse por los cerros de Úbeda to go off at a tangent

2 (Andes fam) (montón) heap (colloq), mountain (colloq)

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Del verbo cerrar: (conjugate cerrar)

cerró es:

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

Multiple Entries:
cerrar    
cerro
cerrar (conjugate cerrar) verbo transitivo
1

a) ‹puerta/ventana› to close, shut;

‹ojos/boca› to shut, close;

◊ cierra la puerta con llave lock the door

b) ‹botella› to put the top on/cork in;

‹frasco› to put the lid on;
‹sobre› to seal

c) ‹paraguas/abanico/mano› to close;

‹libro› to close, shut;
‹puño› to clench

d) ‹cortinas› to close, draw;

‹persianas› to lower, pull down;
‹abrigo› to fasten, button up;
‹cremallera› to do … up

e) ‹grifo/agua/gas› to turn off;

‹válvula› to close, shut off
2

a) ‹fábrica/comercio/oficina› (en el quehacer diario) to close;

(definitivamente) to close (down)

b) ‹aeropuerto/carretera/frontera› to close

3

a) ‹cuenta bancaria› to close

b) ‹caso/juicio› to close

c) ‹acuerdo/negociación› to finalize

d) ‹acto/debate› to bring … to an end

verbo intransitivo
1 (hablando de puerta, ventana):

◊ cierra, que hace frío close o shut the door (o window etc), it's cold;

¿cerraste con llave? did you lock up?
2 [puerta/ventana/cajón] to close, shut
3 [comercio/oficina] (en el quehacer diario) to close, shut;
(definitivamente) to close (down)
cerrarse verbo pronominal
1

a) [puerta/ventana] to shut, close;

◊ la puerta se cerró de golpe the door slammed shut

b) [ojos] to close;

◊ se le cerraban los ojos his eyes were closing

c) [flor/almeja] to close up

d) [herida] to heal (up)

2 (refl) ‹abrigo› to fasten, button up;
‹cremallera› to do … up
3 [acto/debate/jornada] to end
cerro sustantivo masculino (Geog) hill
cerrar
I verbo transitivo
1 to shut, close
(con llave) to lock
(un grifo abierto) to turn off
(el ordenador) to turn off, switch off
(subir una cremallera) to do up
(un sobre) to seal
(los puños) to clench
2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
(definitivamente) to close down
3 (un trato, un acuerdo) to finalize
(liquidar una cuenta bancaria) to close
4 (un acceso, un servicio de transporte) to close
(bloquear) cerrarle el paso a alguien, to block sb's way
II verbo intransitivo
1 to close, shut
2 (un negocio temporalmente) to close
(definitivamente) to close down
♦ Locuciones: familiar cerrar el pico, to shut one's trap
cerro sustantivo masculino hill
'cerro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerrarse
- espita
- cerrar
- golpe
- morro
- paso
- tras
English:
bang
- consummate
- fall through
- slam to
- blow
- hill
- snap
- swing

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cerro nm

hill;

Comp

Esp Fam

irse por los cerros de Úbeda to go off at a tangent, to stray from the point

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cerro

m hill;

irse por los cerros de Úbeda fig stray from the point

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cerro nm

colina, loma: hill