la cerca (adverb, noun)

Frequency star
  1. near, close (by)
  2. cerca de: near, close to; almost, nearly
  3. fence (noun)

No grites, tu jefe está sentado muy cerca de nosotros.

Don't shout, your boss is sitting really close to us.

Ya llevamos cerca de tres horas esperando en esta cola.

We've already been waiting in this queue for almost three hours.

El granjero reparó la cerca después de que las ovejas escaparan otra vez.

The farmer fixed the fence after the sheep escaped again.

La boda tendrá lugar en un castillo antiguo cerca del río.

The wedding will take place in an old castle near the river.

Van a abrir un restaurante nuevo cerca de aquí.

They're going to open a new restaurant nearby.