| Example in Indonesian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Mari kita memperketat formas. | Let's tighten up that formation. |
| Perp melingkar kawat di pinggang, sehingga di pagi hari, ketika latar belakang turun, kawat akan memperketat, dan... pembunuh menginginkan drama . | Perp coiled a wire around her waist, so that in the morning, when the backdrop came down, the wire would tighten, and... The killer wanted drama. |
| ..dia memperketat jerat di sekitar mereka. | ...he tightened the noose around all of them. |
| Coop, datang membantu saya memperketat anjing 'kerah yang sehingga mereka tidak mendapat longgar. | Coop, come help me tighten the dogs' collars so they don't get loose. |
| Cina telah memperketat perbatasannya. | China has tightened its borders. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | tesar | Dutch | aandraaien,aandragen, aansjorren, verkrappen, verstrakken |
| English | tighten | Esperanto | kuntiri, plistreĉi, streĉiĝi |
| Finnish | kiristyä, kiristää, tiukentaa, tiuketa | French | retendre |
| German | spannen, straffen, verschärfen | Hungarian | feszít, feszül |
| Icelandic | þrengja | Italian | ritendere, serrarsi, stringere, tendere |
| Japanese | 引き締める | Lithuanian | suglausti |
| Norwegian | stramme, tette | Polish | dociągać, dociągnąć, dociskać, dokręcać, dokręcić, prężyć, przykręcać, zacisnąć |
| Portuguese | apertar | Romanian | strânge |
| Russian | винтить, затягивать, затянуть, подвернуть, подворачивать, стягивать, стянуть | Spanish | apretarse, atesar, atiesar, atirantar |
| Turkish | gerginleştirmek, sıkınmak | Vietnamese | thắt chặt |