cerramos

Cerramos is the first-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb cerrar, meaning "we close" or "we shut." It can refer to a physical action—closing a door, window, or shop—or to ending or concluding something, such as a meeting or a period of activity.

Grammatical notes: Cerrars is an -ar verb. In the present tense, cerrar exhibits a stem change e→ie in all forms except nosotros and vosotros, giving cierro, cierras, cierra, cerramos, cerráis, cierran. The form cerramos also appears as the nosotros form in the preterite (simple past), meaning "we closed," which can create ambiguity without context.

Usage: In everyday speech, cerramos is used for current closure, for example, "Cerramos la puerta" (We close the door) or "Cerramos la tienda a las ocho" (We close the store at eight). It also appears in past-tense contexts: "Ayer cerramos temprano" (We closed early). Beyond physical closing, the verb is used in expressions such as "cerrar un trato" (to close a deal), "cerrar sesión" (to log out), or "cerrar un paréntesis" (to close a parenthesis) in writing.

Etymology: cerrar derives from Latin claudere, a common root for closing-related terms across Romance languages, with cognates in Italian (chiudere) and French (fermer).

See also: Spanish verb conjugation, stem-changing verbs, closure-related expressions.