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All the words: Spanish

cerca

Level A1

Meaning

near, nearby

Example

El supermercado está cerca de mi casa.

The supermarket is near my house.

A way to remember it

English "circa" (as in "circa 1900") is Latin for "around", which became cerca "near". Not cerrar "to close".

Word forms

The spellings this word turns up in. There are 2 of them.

cerquísima cerquísimo

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