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shut1

shut, shut /ʃʌt/ [shutting]

Translation

v [t]
cerrar
Can you shut the window, please?
¿Puedes cerrar la ventana, por favor?
v [i]
cerrarse
The door shut
La puerta se cerró
cerrar
We shut the shop at six o'clock
Cerramos la tienda a las seis
to shut sth/sb away [m] to shut (sth) down [m] to shut sth off [m] to shut sth/sb out [m] to shut (sb) up [m]
(Definition of shut vv from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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