| close | Perder a alguien tan cercano es devastador. | To lose someone so close... it's devastating. |
| close | Fue asistente y colaborador cercano de David Hilbert. | He was an assistant and close collaborator of David Hilbert. |
| close | Y el otro es relativamente cercano. | And the other one is a close relative. |
| close | Soy asociado cercano de Crohne, pero independiente. | I'm a close business associate of Crohne's, but I'm independent. |
| close | Parece ser bastante cercano al concejal Dale Roach. | You appear to be quite close to Councillor Dale Roach. |
| close | Necesitamos táctica de cerradura para apoyo aéreo cercano. | We need to manage his flight. Keyhole tactics overhead for close air support. |
| close | Estuve cercano de decírselo a ambas. | I was that close to telling them both. |
| close | Creí que experimentaba un encuentro cercano de algún tipo. | I thought I was experiencing a close encounter of some kind. |
| near | Olvida que supuestamente vive en un pueblo cercano. | Forget that he supposedly lives in a village near here. |
| near | Fui encontrado en el desierto cercano al volcán. | I was found in the wilderness, near the volcano. |
| nearby | Muy pronto aterrizaremos en un aeropuerto cercano. | We'll be landing very soon at an airport nearby. |
| nearby | Lo conducirá por algún camino cercano. | He's driving it round some track nearby. |
| nearby | Vamos a buscarte un apartamento cercano. | We're going to find you an apartment nearby. |
| nearby | Se marcha al cercano glaciar, pretendiendo matarse. | He sets off for the nearby glacier, intending to kill himself. |
| nearby | Debieron dejarlo en un buzón cercano. | It was probably dropped in a nearby collection box. |
| nearby | Desafortunadamente, algunas larvas llegaron al bosque cercano. | Unfortunately, some of the larvae escaped into the nearby woods. |
| nearby | Requiere un grabador secundario cercano para captar los datos. | It requires a secondary recording device nearby to collect the data. |
| nearby | También tengo prueba de inscripción en un instituto cercano. | I also have proof of enrollment at a nearby high school. |
| nearby | Crecí en un pequeño pueblo cercano. | I grew up in a little town nearby. |
| nearby | Será bueno tener una amiga cercano. | It'll be nice to have a friend nearby. |
| nearby | La explosión afectó las casas cercanas. | The explosion affected the nearby houses. |
| close | Mi tío siempre vivió como un ermitaño y solo tuvo un amigo cercano. Pedro es muy cercano a su exnovia porque tienen amigos en común. | It's better to have a small group of close friends than lots of people you can't really count on. |
| close to, near to, near | El supermercado está cercano al centro de la ciudad. | The supermarket is close to the city center. |
| near future | Manuel solo se preocupa por el futuro cercano y nunca piensa en lo que pueda pasar dentro de varios años. | Manuel is only concerned with the near future and never thinks about what could happen in the years ahead. |