English-Portuguese translations for close to

• quase
  Em 2007, foram quase mil foguetes. In 2007, it was close to a thousand rockets.
  Hoje, o sonho de Cabanis é quase realidade. Mr Cabanis' dream is today close to becoming reality.
  A proposta da Comissão quase atinge este objectivo, fica muito perto.The Commission proposal almost achieves that. It comes very close to doing that.

Definition of close to

• Approximately
• Nearly; almost

Examples

• It lasted close to an hour
• It rained for close to forty days and forty nights
• The project is close to finished
• The chair was close to the window

Related words

• close stool
• close to home
• close to one's heart
• close to the ground
• next to, close to
• fly too close to the sun
• keep one's cards close to one's chest
• sail close to the wind
• source close to the matter