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Old August 18, 2014, 07:55 AM
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Originally Posted by wrholt View Post
Spanish wikipedia has articles for both pinzas and alicates. Based on the names and photos in those articles, it looks like pinzas includes both pliers and tweezers, while alicates includes only pliers.
Exactly it!

Mexican will always say "pinzas" for a pair of pliers.
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