Las pinzas vs los alicates

Question

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for a word in Spanish to describe these fishing pliers:

Pliers I always thought the correct word was "los alicates" but I am now starting to believe that I am wrong and that the correct word is :"las pinzas". The only problem is that whenever I look up the word "pinzas", I find the definition is tweezers, which in English are these:

Tweezers

Is there a difference between these two words? Specifically, if I were in Mexico and needed to ask for fishing pliers, which word would I use?

Thanks everyone!

Answer 1

The correct word is alicate

Answer 2

Amazon sells ' alicates tijeras de pesca'. Herramienta de corte de línea... Sound ok?

Answer 3

Hola,

I would use "alicates", I'm from Spain and I live in Mexico but I've never had to use this Word so I don't know 100% if here they use the Word "alicates".

Hope this helps!