pinça

Borrowed from French pince.

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

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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

• Rhymes: -ĩsɐ
• Hyphenation: pin‧ça

From French pince.

pinça f (plural pinças)

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

   Synonyms: patola, quela

3. (automotive) caliper (part of a disc brake)
4. collet (band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

pinça

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

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