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 extort, blackmail
5. (transitive, often atelic) to gnash, grind (teeth)

   kiristää hampaitaan ― to gnash one's teeth

6. (transitive) to wring, extort (to obtain by force)

   kiristää lupaus

   to wring a promise

7. (intransitive, of a garment) to be too tight

   Takki kiristää hartioista.

   The coat is too tight at the shoulders.

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".