tenacillas

las tenacillas
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
plural noun
a. tongs
Usa las tenacillas para ponerte los terrones de azúcar en el café, no lo hagas con las manos.Use the tongs to put the sugar cubes in your coffee. Don't do it with your fingers.
a. curling iron
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
Me encantan tus rizos. ¿Son naturales? - No, me los hago con tenacillas.I love your curls. Are they natural? - No, I shape them with a curling iron.
b. curling tongs
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
(United Kingdom)
Es irónico que yo use tenacillas para rizarme el pelo y tú uses una plancha para alisártelo.It's ironic that I use curling tongs to curl my hair and you use hair straighteners to straighten yours.
a. tweezers
Podrías quitarte esos pelos que tienes en el entrecejo con unas tenacillas.You could remove those hairs between your eyebrows with tweezers.
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