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apretar los dientes

to clench one's teeth

Idioms & Sayings

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Apretó los dientes para soportar el dolor.

He clenched his teeth to bear the pain.

—¿Cómo aguantaste? —Apretando los dientes, la verdad.

—How did you bear it? —By gritting my teeth, honestly.

Tuvo que apretar los dientes y seguir corriendo.

He had to grit his teeth and keep running.