затянуть ремень потуже

Russian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [zətʲɪˈnutʲ rʲɪˈmʲenʲ pɐˈtuʐɨ]

Verb edit

затяну́ть реме́нь поту́же (zatjanútʹ reménʹ potúžepf (imperfective затя́гивать реме́нь поту́же)

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

Conjugation edit