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cerca

cerca is Spanish for near.

What cerca means

adv. · #354

near

Example: El metro está cerca.

The underground is nearby.

How common is it?

cerca is ranked #354 of the 500 most common Spanish words. It sits in the second half of the list: still everyday vocabulary, but you will meet it less often than the first two hundred.

Nearby on the frequency list

Words with a similar frequency to cerca — learning them together is more efficient than learning them alphabetically.

• la derecha — right
• fuera — outside
• dentro — inside
• lejos — far
• mañana — tomorrow
• ayer — yesterday

See all 500 most common Spanish words

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Compiled and checked by the Flipkado team · Last updated 2026-08-22