Kiristää

Translations

1. (transitive) to tighten (make tight)
2. (transitive) to tighten (to make money harder to borrow)
3. (transitive) to make more strict or stringent
   • Olette kiristäneet sopimuksen ehtoja merkittävästi.
     • You have made the terms of the contract much more stringent.
4. (transitive, often atelic) to gnash, grind (teeth)
   • kiristää hampaitaan ― to gnash one's teeth
5. (intransitive, of a garment) to be too tight
   • Takki kiristää hartioista.
     • The coat is too tight at the shoulders.
6. (transitive, often atelic) to extort, blackmail
7. (transitive) to wring, extort [with ablative ‘from’] (to obtain by force)
   • kiristää lupaus ― to wring a promise

Conjugations

Indicative Conjugations

The present, imperfect, perfect, and pluperfect (past perfect) tenses in English correspond to "speaks", "spoke", "has spoken", and "had spoken".

Conditional Conjugations

The conditional present and perfect moods in English typically correspond to "would" and "would have".