alicate

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ), via Andalusian Arabic. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: a‧li‧ca‧te === Noun === alicate m (plural alicates) pliers (gripping tool) ==== Derived terms ==== alicatezão (augmentative), alicatão (Brazil, augmentative) alicatezinho (diminutive), alicatinho (Brazil, diminutive) alicatear === References === === Further reading === “alicate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aliˈkate/ [a.liˈka.t̪e] Rhymes: -ate Syllabification: a‧li‧ca‧te === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic لَقَّاط (laqqāṭ), via Andalusian Arabic. ==== Noun ==== alicate m (plural alicates) pliers combination pliers (UK, US), lineman's pliers (US), Kleins (US), linesman pliers (Canada), side-cutting pliers Synonym: alicates universales (Panama, Venezuela, Paraguay, Rioplatense) nail clippers Synonym: cortaúñas ===== Usage notes ===== Often used in the plural form with the same meaning. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Cebuano: alikate === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== alicate inflection of alicatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “alicate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025