pinzar
[pĩnˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“pinzar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sujetar o presionar con movimiento de pinza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pinzar · pinzar · Spanish
pinzar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pinzar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pĩnˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pinzar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pinzar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [pĩnˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for pinzar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pinzar, spelled P-I-N-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1Sujetar o presionar con movimiento de pinza.
- 2Cortar un brote pinzándolo₁ con las uñas.
- 3Mimarse íntima o románticamente sin llegar a realizar el coito ^([cita requerida]).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pinzar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En estas condiciones es necesario recurrir a las radiografías bajo compresión o a impresionar imágenes durante la fase de vaciamiento a que da lugar la prueba de Boyden, ya que en estas condiciones la vesícula, al reducir su tamaño, desaloja la bilis, ‘pinzando’ entre sus paredes el cálculo.
Braulio, con el vaso pinzad[Siguiente]o delicadamente entre dos dedos, empezó a menear el caldo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.