push-pin
Do you use "alfiler" for a push-pin or tack that is used on a bulletin board? Or is there another word (I'll be saying it in Mexico, if that matters)
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You may be right:
push·pin (pshpn) n.
1. A tacklike pin with a large head that is easily inserted into a wall or board.
However, if you search for thumbtack on Google Images, you'll see that many of the hits are these tacks with plastic heads. And, yes, as far as I know, it is the same word for both in Spanish.
I have always called this:
As a matter of interest, in England they are called "drawings pins". This is a totally useless description as the last thing you can do with them is "draw". Oh and by the way, accorcing to collins dictionary, in Latin America they are called chinches and can be (m) or (f), however the RAE designate them as (f).
¡Muchisimas gracias por la ayuda!
"Chinche" is a diminutive of "chincheta", obviously, and it is also used in Spain. Funny enough, this shorter word also means bedbug.
I call these things thumbtacks, and in Mexico they are called chinches (fem.).
In Spain we usually call them "chinchetas".
