Usage examples of "Cerca de" in Spanish with translation to English

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Se sentó cerca de él. She sat next to him.
Pinté la cerca de verde. I painted the fence green.
¿Puedo sentarme cerca de vosotros? May I sit next to you?
Vive cerca de la escuela. He lives in the neighborhood of the school.
¿Puedo sentarme cerca de vosotras? May I sit next to you?
Me senté cerca de John. I sat next to John.
Ella se sentó cerca de él. She sat next to him.
¿Me puedo sentar cerca de ustedes? May I sit next to you?
Tom no quiere estar cerca de Mary. Tom doesn't want to be around Mary.
¿Hay alguna parada de autobús cerca de aquí? Is there a bus stop nearby?
Ella se sentó cerca de él en el autobús. She sat next to him on the bus.
Tom compró un terreno cerca de donde vive Mary. Tom bought a piece of land not far from where Mary lives.
El lechero viene cerca de las seis cada mañana. The milkman came around at six every morning.
Voy a sentarme en aquel banco, cerca de la farola. I'm going to sit on the bench over there, next to the street lamp.
Ella se sentó cerca de él con los ojos cerrados. She sat next him with her eyes closed.
Cuando yo la conocí, ella andaba cerca de los treinta. She was approaching thirty when I first met her.
¿Qué tan alta debiera ser la cerca de una casa? How high should a home fence be?
Ella se sentó cerca de él deseando estar en cualquier otro lugar. She sat next him wishing she were somewhere else.
¿Estás consciente de que Okinawa está más cerca de China que Honshu? Are you aware that Okinawa is closer to China than to Honshu?
La escuela está lo suficientemente cerca de mi casa como para ir andando. The school is within walking distance of my house.
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