estar cerca

be near

→ estar

phrase Common #2,387

be near Used to say that someone or something is physically or emotionally near. It often takes de before the thing or person being near. The phrase can appear in contexts like estar cerca de mí, estar cerca de la muerte, or estar cerca de algo.

SP: Hoy tienes que estar cerca de mí.

EN: Today you have to be near me.

Y es aterrador estar cerca de él.

And he's terrifying to be around.

Él no soporta estar cerca de ella.

He can't stand being around her.

Quiero estar cerca de ti.

I want to be close to you.

Al estar cerca de la muerte, ella eligió la muerte y tú la vida.

Being close to death, she chose death and you chose life.

— El jardín de los pecadores: Paradigma paradoja (Paradoja espiral) (2008)

Tom no quiere estar cerca de Mary.

Tom doesn't want to be near Mary.

También empecé a ir sólo para estar cerca tuyo.

I also started going just to be near you.

Tom quiere estar cerca de ti.

Tom wants to be close to you.

Ya deberíamos estar cerca.

We should be getting close by now.

— El submarino (Das Boot) (1981)

Debemos estar cerca.

We must be close.

No soporta estar cerca de ella.

He can't stand being near her.

Ya no es seguro estar cerca de mí para Tom.

It’s no longer safe for Tom to be near me.

Pero cuando el explota, mejor no estar cerca porque se pone feo.

But when he blows up, it’s better not to be nearby because things get ugly.

— Mommy (2014)

Solo quiero estar cerca de ti.

I just want to be close to you.

Me falta estar cerca de la ciudad.

I need to be close to the city.

— La asistenta (2025)

Dos personas pueden estar cerca y no encontrarse nunca.

Two people can be close and never meet.

Por eso pude estar cerca.

That's why I was able to be close.

— El laberinto del fauno (2006)