pinça

Borrowed from French pince.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpin.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpin.sa]

pinça f (plural pinces)

1. (zoology) pincer
2. (clothing) dart
3. (in the plural) tweezers, tongs
4. (in the plural) pliers
5. (in the plural) clamp, clip

• pinçanàs
• pinçar
• pinces de cocodril

• “pinça”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

pinça

1. third-person singular past historic of pincer

From French pince.

• Hyphenation: pin‧ça

pinça f (plural pinças)

1. pincers, tweezers (small gripping tool)
2. pincer (gripping appendage of some crustaceans and arachnids)

   Synonym: patola

3. (automotive) caliper (part of a disc brake)

• “pinça”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025