zaciskać pasa

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “to tighten [one's] belt”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaˈt͡ɕis.kat͡ɕ ˈpa.sa/

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• Syllabification: za‧cis‧kać pa‧sa

Verb

zaciskać pasa impf (perfective zacisnąć pasa)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic) to tighten one's belt (to be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income)

Conjugation

Conjugation of zaciskać pasa: see zaciskać.

Further reading

• “ktoś zaciska pasa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “zaciskać pasa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)