apretarse el cinturón

Spanish

Verb

apretarse el cinturón (first-person singular present me aprieto el cinturón, first-person singular preterite me apreté el cinturón, past participle apretado el cinturón)

1. (idiomatic) to tighten one's belt

Further reading

• “apretarse el cinturón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10