How to Say "Scissors" in Spanish

tijeras

/tiˈxeɾas/feminine

The English word "scissors" is tijeras in Spanish.

The most common and widely used word for scissors is tijeras. If you need to specify sewing scissors, you can use tijeras de costura.

Meaning: tool used for cutting (noun)

Is it said differently in some regions?

In Spain and some Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the term tijeras de podar is used to refer to gardening shears.

tijeras is a feminine plural noun, so it must be used with feminine plural articles like las and feminine plural adjectives.

/tiˈxeɾas/

The term tijera in the singular is often used in sports, particularly soccer, to describe a 'bicycle kick' because the legs mimic the motion of tijeras.
In certain slang contexts in Latin America, tijeras can be used as a coded reference to a specific sexual position between women.
In Spanish, the phrase cortar por lo sano is often used when someone decides to solve a problem decisively, like a quick snip of tijeras, even if the solution is drastic.

¿Me prestas las tijeras?
Can I borrow your scissors?
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Las tijeras las tenía yo.
I had the scissors.
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Estas tijeras son nuevas.
These scissors are new.
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Necesito unas tijeras de costura para arreglar este dobladillo.
I need sewing scissors to fix this hem.
¿Sabes dónde están mis tijeritas para manualidades?
Do you know where my craft scissors are?
Voy a utilizar las tijeras de podar para cortar las ramas del árbol.
I'm going to use the gardening shears to cut the tree branches.
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