cierre
Spanish, noun/ˈθjere/
cierre is spelled C-I-E-R-R-E (6 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,342nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cierre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “shutting, closing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of cerrar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de cerrar o de cerrarse”.
What does cierre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshutting, closing
- 2
masculineshutting device, fastener; buckle, clasp
- 3
masculineshutter, blind
- 4
masculinezipper
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de cerrar o de cerrarse. 2. Clausura temporal de tiendas y otros establecimientos mercantiles, por lo regular concertada entre los dueños. 3. Mecanismo que se usa para cerrar o cubrir algo. 4. Mecanismo que se usa para obturar la culata de armas, que permite introducir un cartucho en la recámara.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cierre
- cierres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cierre?
- /ˈθjere/
- [ˈθje.re]
- /ˈsjere/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cierre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cierre in Spanish?
cierre appears 36 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).