No. 4,027 in Spanish
cerca
Close; near.
In a sentence
El perro está cerca del árbol.
The dog is near the tree.
In this sentence, 'cerca' is used as a preposition to indicate proximity.
Ella colocó la lámpara cerca de la ventana.
She placed the lamp near the window.
Here, 'cerca' functions similarly to describe spatial proximity in relation to an object.
Hay una farmacia cerca.
There is a pharmacy nearby.
In this example, 'cerca' acts as an adverb to denote a general sense of being close by.
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