meter en cintura
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]meter en cintura (first-person singular present meto en cintura, first-person singular preterite metí en cintura, past participle metido en cintura)
- (idiomatic) to restrict; to bring into line; to bring to heel
Further reading
[edit]- “meter a alguien en cintura”, 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