Similar words
allegado
Close — cercano is near, physically; allegado is close, personally/emotionally.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
perto
perto is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "near."
Practice
1 What does cercano mean?
near
2 Fill the gap: Vivo en un pueblo ___.
Full sentence: Vivo en un pueblo cercano. (I live in a nearby village.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches cercano?
cercano: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.