Question

what are the conjugations of the Spanish word cerrar
and what does it translate

Answer 1

"Cerrar" means "to close" or "to shut."

Principal parts
- Infinitive: cerrar
- Gerund: cerrando
- Past participle: cerrado

Notes
- It's an -ar verb with an e → ie stem change in most present-tense forms (and in present subjunctive, imperative, etc.). The stem change does NOT occur in nosotros/as and vosotros/as forms of the present and present-subjunctive, and the preterite is regular.

Common conjugations

Present indicative
- yo cierro
- tú cierras
- él/ella/usted cierra
- nosotros/nosotras cerramos
- vosotros/vosotras cerráis
- ellos/ellas/ustedes cierran

Preterite (simple past)
- yo cerré
- tú cerraste
- él/ella/usted cerró
- nosotros/nosotras cerramos
- vosotros/vosotras cerrasteis
- ellos/ellas/ustedes cerraron

Imperfect
- yo cerraba
- tú cerrabas
- él/ella/usted cerraba
- nosotros/nosotras cerrábamos
- vosotros/vosotras cerrabais
- ellos/ellas/ustedes cerraban

Future
- yo cerraré
- tú cerrarás
- él/ella/usted cerrará
- nosotros/nosotras cerraremos
- vosotros/vosotras cerraréis
- ellos/ellas/ustedes cerrarán

Conditional
- yo cerraría
- tú cerrarías
- él/ella/usted cerraría
- nosotros/nosotras cerraríamos
- vosotros/vosotras cerraríais
- ellos/ellas/ustedes cerrarían

Present subjunctive
- yo cierre
- tú cierres
- él/ella/usted cierre
- nosotros/nosotras cerremos
- vosotros/vosotras cerréis
- ellos/ellas/ustedes cierren

Imperfect subjunctive (one common set, -ra form)
- yo cerrara
- tú cerraras
- él/ella/usted cerrara
- nosotros/nosotras cerráramos
- vosotros/vosotras cerrarais
- ellos/ellas/ustedes cerraran
(you can also use the -se forms: cerrase, cerrases, etc.)

Imperative
- Affirmative: (tú) cierra, (usted) cierre, (nosotros) cerremos, (vosotros) cerrad, (ustedes) cierren
- Negative: (tú) no cierres, (usted) no cierre, (nosotros) no cerremos, (vosotros) no cerréis, (ustedes) no cierren

Compound tenses
- Formed with haber + cerrado (e.g., yo he cerrado = I have closed).

Examples
- Cierro la puerta. = I close / I am closing the door.
- Cerré la tienda a las ocho. = I closed the shop at eight.
- Quiero que la cierres. = I want you to close it.

If you want a full table in a particular tense or conjugated for a reflexive use (cerrarse), say which form you want.