What does clausura in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word clausura in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use clausura in Spanish.

The word clausura in Spanish means closing ceremony, cloister, enclosed monastery, close, end, close down, shut down, notice of closure, closure notice, closing speech. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word clausura

closing ceremony

nombre femenino (finalización) (event)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Esta fue la ceremonia de clausura de los juegos olímpicos.
This was the closing ceremony for the Olympic games.

cloister

nombre femenino (aislamiento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tomó los hábitos como monja de clausura.
She took her vows as a nun in the cloister.

enclosed monastery

nombre femenino (convento)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La clausura es el recinto del convento de religiosos donde no pueden entrar las mujeres.
The enclosed monastery is a religious convent where women are not allowed.

close, end

verbo transitivo (actividad: cerrar)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Clausuraron el festival con la visita del ganador del óscar a la mejor película.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. The coach closed baseball practice down last week.

close down, shut down

verbo transitivo (local: inhabilitar)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Clausuraron el centro por falta de higiene.
They closed the center down (or: shut the center down) due to poor hygiene.

notice of closure, closure notice

(documento de cierre)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un inspector entregó el acta de clausura del bar clandestino al dueño.
An inspector handed the notice of closure to the owner of the illegal bar.

closing speech

(final) (conference)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
El discurso de clausura de la conferencia sobre ecología conmovió a todos los presentes.
All those present at the conference on ecology were moved by the closing speech.

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