English–Dutch dictionary
Dutch translation of the English word tight
| English | Dutch (translated indirectly) | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|
tight (close‐fitting; stringent) | ; ; | |
tight (burdensome; onerous; insistent) | ; | prema |
tight (stringent; tense; taut; fraught) | ; spannend ; | streĉa |
tight (strained; close; intense) | ; | streĉita |
draw tighter (tighten) | ||
| (hermetic; hermetically sealed) | ||
| (draw tighter) | ||
🔗 China’s image in Europe has taken a severe hit over the past 15 months as leaders there have watched China’s Xí Jìnpíng tighten ties with fellow authoritarian Russian president Vladimir Putin, even as Moscow’s invasion sparked a massive humanitarian crisis and Moscow’s leader was accused of war crimes by an international court. | ||
| (fasten; turn on; turn) | turni plipreme | |
| (stretch) | streĉiĝi | |
🔗 The rope tightened. | ||
| (stiffen) | ; ; ; | |
🔗 Bran’s hand tightened, but Rand ignored him. | ||
| ; | ||
🔗 Since the Lukašenko deal was struck, Putin and top Russian officials have remained tight‐lipped on Prigožin’s future. | ||
| (strictly) | strak | streĉe |
tights | ||
watertight | likimuna | |
| English | Dutch |
|---|---|
| tight | ⇆ benauwd; ⇆ dicht; ⇆ dronken; ⇆ eng; ⇆ gespannen; ⇆ gierig; ⇆ in de lorum; ⇆ knap; ⇆ krap; ⇆ krenterig; ⇆ nauw; ⇆ nauwsluitend; ⇆ niets loslatend; ⇆ schaars; ⇆ scherp; ⇆ spannend; ⇆ stevig; ⇆ straf; ⇆ strak; ⇆ streng; ⇆ stringent; ⇆ teut; ⇆ vast; ⇆ vasthoudend; ⇆ waterdicht; ⇆ welgevormd |
| draw tighter | ⇆ aantrekken; ⇆ toehalen |
| get tight | ⇆ zich bedrinken |
| hold tight | ⇆ kort houden; ⇆ omknellen; ⇆ zich goed vasthouden |
| sit tight | ⇆ op de uitkijk blijven; ⇆ zich niet roeren |
| sleep tight | ⇆ welterusten |
| airtight | ⇆ luchtdicht |
| gas‐tight | ⇆ gasdicht |
| skin‐tight | ⇆ nauwsluitend |
| tighten | ⇆ aandraaien; ⇆ aanhalen; ⇆ aantrekken; ⇆ aanzetten; ⇆ op elkaar klemmen; ⇆ opspannen; ⇆ samentrekken; ⇆ spannen; ⇆ strak aanhalen; ⇆ strak worden; ⇆ strakker worden; ⇆ toehalen; ⇆ vaster omklemmen; ⇆ zich spannen |
| tight‐fisted | ⇆ gierig; ⇆ op de penning; ⇆ pinnig; ⇆ vasthoudend |
| tight‐fitting | ⇆ nauwsluitend; ⇆ sluitend |
| tight‐lipped | ⇆ gesloten; ⇆ met op elkaar geklemde lippen; ⇆ onmededeelzaam |
| tightly | ⇆ krap; ⇆ krapjes; ⇆ nauw |
| tightness | ⇆ engheid; ⇆ strakheid |
| tightrope | ⇆ gespannen koord |
| tights | ⇆ maillot; ⇆ panty; ⇆ tricot |
| tightwad | ⇆ krentenkakker; ⇆ vrek |
| watertight | ⇆ onaanvechtbaar; ⇆ waterdicht |