zaciskać pasa
Polish
Etymology
Literally, “to tighten [one's] belt”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zaˈt͡ɕis.kat͡ɕ ˈpa.sa/
Audio: (file) - Syllabification: za‧cis‧kać pa‧sa
Verb
zaciskać pasa impf (perfective zacisnąć pasa)
- (intransitive, idiomatic) to tighten one's belt (to be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income)
Conjugation
Further reading
- ktoś zaciska pasa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- zaciskać pasa in Polish dictionaries at PWN