Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
ajustarse el cinturón
English translation:
tighten our belts
Spanish term
ajustarse el cinturón
En contexto: "y el Ministro de Economía habla de ajustarse los cinturones, lo cual me parece una tomadura de pelo..."
Jul 14, 2011 06:26: Lisa McCarthy changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Specialist Medical & General Translation
Native in: English 
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Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, Portuguese, and 4 more.
tighten our belts
| Gracias por la ayuda! :) |
Spain
Analytical and creative (DipTrans, MA)
Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Galician to English, English
tighten our belts
Verb 1. tighten one's belt - live frugally and use less resources; "In the new economy, we all have to learn to tighten our belts"
| Thank you, Kate! This was really helpful... :) |
| Thank you Kate! As Salloz rightly commented, it was a tie between you and MedTrans... I had to choose one for grading, and I chose the first one. |
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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eski
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Gracias eski! :))
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Lisa McCarthy
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Thanks Lisa! :)
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Aisha Prigan (X)
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axies
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Salloz
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tighten belts ......
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Note added at 3 mins (2011-07-13 22:04:46 GMT)
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This is as standard phrase when politicians want to make cuts. It's happening a lot these days in Europe.
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Note added at 12 mins (2011-07-13 22:13:43 GMT)
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actually in the context you give it should be 'tightenING (our) belts'.
| It is happening a lot all over! :)) Thank you FVS! |
tighten our belts
| That's exactly what comes next... while the the Minister of Finance makes 10 grand a month! Thank you, K! ;) |
La palabra justa/The right word
Native in: Spanish , English
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, Portuguese to Spanish, and 1 more.
belt-tightening
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Note added at 29 mins (2011-07-13 22:30:42 GMT)
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In English, this form ('belt-tightening') is very common.
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Denise DeVries
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Marian Vieyra
: Yes, this would make the sentence flow. Best option.
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Argentina
Responsible and on time deliveries
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
fasten the seatbelt
Puerto Rico
Fast and Accurate Low Cost Translations
Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Puerto Rican) , English (Variant: US)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
tighten your belt,
It means to save more, more cuts!!, etc.
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