Está cerrado.
It's closed.
The cafeteria shuts right in front of them. Está cerrado is the quick way to report that a place is shut.
From Dr. House · Spanish audio
Spanish vocabularyA1 · Beginner
How to say "closed" in Spanish
cerrado
adjectivefeminine: cerradaverb: cerrar
"Closed" in Spanish is cerrado, or cerrada for feminine nouns: La tienda está cerrada. The verb "to close" is cerrar, and in the present tense its e turns into ie: cierro, cierra.
Hear "cerrado" in real movie scenes
A masculine form and a feminine one. Each video starts and stops on that line.
Oye, Rob, la tienda está cerrada.
Hey, Rob, the store is closed.
They reach the store and the shutters are already down. Tienda is feminine, so the word ends in -a: cerrada.
From Cloverfield · Spanish audio
Closed: signs, hours and doors
What you'll read on shop doors and say when something shuts.
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| Cerrado | Closed (on a sign) |
| cerrado por vacaciones | closed for the holidays |
| cerrado los domingos | closed on Sundays |
| ¿A qué hora cierra? | What time does it close? |
| cerrar con llave | to lock |
| Cierra la puerta, por favor. | Close the door, please. |
Tip: In Spain, a door sign that reads cerrado por reformas means the place is shut for renovation work.
Grammar: cerrado and cerrar
Four points for the adjective and its verb.
Shut at the moment: estar
El banco está cerrado. Estar describes the current state. The ending follows the noun: la puerta está cerrada.Cerrar changes its stem
cierro, cierras, cierra, cerramos, cerráis, cierran. The e becomes ie in the stressed syllable.A reserved person: ser
Es muy cerrado. With ser, it describes someone who keeps to himself and doesn't open up. For a woman: Es muy cerrada.A regular participle
Cerrado follows the normal -ado pattern: He cerrado la ventana. I've closed the window.Example sentences
Sentences from the Wordy Spanish course. Tap to listen.
¿Por qué está cerrado?
Why is it closed?
El museo está cerrado. Vamos al teatro.
The museum is closed. Let's go to the theater.
Mi tienda favorita está cerrada.
My favorite store is closed.
Oye, está cerrado.
Hey, it's closed.
Common mistakes
Mistakes learners make with this word, and how to fix them.
✗La tienda está cerrado
✓La tienda está cerrada
Tienda is feminine, and the adjective has to match it with -a.
✗Yo cerro la puerta
✓Yo cierro la puerta
Cerrar is a stem-changing verb. Without the ie, cerro is a noun that means hill.
✗La tienda está cerrada (meaning the store is nearby)
✓La tienda está cerca
English close covers two ideas. Near is cerca, and shut is cerrado.
Practice: 3 quick exercises
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How to remember it
The rolled rr in cerrado sounds like a metal shutter rattling down over a shop window: rrrr, and the store is closed.
Questions about "closed" in Spanish
How do you say closed in Spanish?
Cerrado, or cerrada with feminine nouns. On a shop door, the sign reads Cerrado.
How do you say "it's closed" in Spanish?
Está cerrado. With a feminine noun, change the ending: La biblioteca está cerrada.
How do you say "to close" in Spanish?
Cerrar. Its stem changes in most present forms: cierro, cierras, cierra, but cerramos.
How do you ask what time a place closes in Spanish?
¿A qué hora cierra? A typical answer is Cierra a las ocho, it closes at eight.
