cerca de

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === cêrca de (pre-reform spelling) === Etymology === Literally, “closely to”. === Prepositional phrase === cerca de about; approximately Synonyms: (colloquial) coisa de, (dated) obra de, aproximadamente, mais ou menos === Further reading === “cerca de”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Alternative forms === cerca a (proscribed) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθeɾka de/ [ˈθeɾ.ka ð̞e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈseɾka de/ [ˈseɾ.ka ð̞e] (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: cer‧ca de === Adverb === cerca de close to, about, nearly, approximately, around Synonyms: aproximadamente, más o menos === Preposition === cerca de close to, near, near to, around, close by === Further reading === “cerca de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 “cerca de”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Uncertainties] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN “cerca de, no cerca a”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE; Real Academia Española, 4 February 2011