pinza

• IPA^(key): /ˈpin.t͡sa/
• Rhymes: -intsa
• Hyphenation: pìn‧za

Borrowed from French pince.

pinza f (plural pinze)

1. (usually in the plural) pliers, pincers, tongs, forceps

• da pigliare con le pinze
• da prendere con le pinze

• pinza¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pinza

1. inflection of pinzare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• IPA^(key): /ˈpinθa/ [ˈpĩn̟.θa] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈpinsa/ [ˈpĩn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -inθa (Spain)
• Rhymes: -insa (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: pin‧za

Borrowed from French pince (“pincers”).

pinza f (plural pinzas)

1. tweezer, tweezers
2. pliers (nose pliers, usually)
3. pincers
4. tongs
5. claw (pincer of a crustacean)
6. clothes peg
7. clamp (general purpose kind of tool)
8. caliper (measuring tool)

   Synonym: calibrador

9. gripper
10. forceps

    Synonym: fórceps

pinza

1. inflection of pinzar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “pinza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024