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Spanish Dictionary: translation of near

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audio near (nîr)

adv. -er, -est
  1. (close) cerca, próximo
  2. (almost) casi
    near exhausted casi agotado
  3. (closely related) íntimo, cercano

expresiones idiomáticas:
near and far
por todas partes
to be o draw near
acercarse
adj. -er, -est
  1. (close) inmediato, próximo
    in the near future en un futuro próximo
  2. (closely related) cercano, allegado
  3. (direct) directo, corto
    the nearest route to town la ruta más directa al pueblo
  4. (stingy) tacaño

expresiones idiomáticas:
near and dear
íntimo
to be a near miss
fallar por poco
nowhere near
muy lejos de
prep.
  1. (close to) cerca de, junto a
  2. (almost) casi
  3. (toward) hacia
    near the end of the week hacia fines de semana
tr.
acercarse a, aproximarse a
intr.
acercarse, aproximarse
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