to be shut estar cerrado the door slammed shut la puerta se cerró de un portazo 2. ( mainly British ) ( cease business ) ( for day ) cerrar ( permanently ) cerrar (sus puertas) what time do you shut on Saturdays? ¿a qué hora cierran los sábados? adjective ( predicative ) 1. cerrar(se) it shuts easily cierra con facilidad the door shut behind them la puerta se cerró tras ellos his eyes were shutting se le cerraban los ojos I'm trying to get this case to shut estoy intentando cerrar la maleta 2.

( confine ) encerrar I shut myself in my bedroom and refused to come out me encerré en mi habitación y me negué a salir the cat had been shut inside el gato había quedado encerrado intransitive verb Word forms: ( present participle ) shutting, ( past tense, past participle ) shut 1.

cerrar I shut the drawer on my finger me agarré or me pillé el dedo en el cajón she shut her finger in the door se agarró or se pilló el dedo en la puerta b. UK /ʃʌt/ transitive verb Word forms: ( present participle ) shutting, ( past tense, past participle ) shut 1.

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