Gemelo refers to identical twins from one egg, while mellizo refers to fraternal twins from two eggs, resulting in different DNA.

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"Gemelos" is a form of "gemelos", a plural noun which is often translated as "binoculars". "Mellizos" is a form of "mellizo", an adjective which is often ...

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When two babies are born at the same time, but are not identical, we call them "mellizos/as" in Spanish, but when they are identical, they are "gemelos/as".

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The way I understand it (I may be wrong) gemelo means twin and Mellizo means identical twin. It is less ambiguous to use Gemelo Fraterno for ...

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“Gemelos” are identical twins, both from the same zygote. “Mellizos” are fraternal twins, each one from a different zygote.

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gemelos pl m — · twins · binoculars · cufflinks · field glasses pl. mellizos pl m —. twins pl. See more examples • See alternative translations · gemelo m —.

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"Mellizos" is a form of "mellizo", an adjective which is often translated as "twin". "Gemelos" is a form of "gemelos", a plural noun which is often translated ...

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Mellizos. These are fraternal twins, i.e. twins that don't look similar to each other. · Gemelos. These are identical twins, and as such are always the same ...

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We just say "twins" when we don't need to specify the difference. When we do need to specify, the translations would be: Gemelos ...

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twin · 1. [brother, sister]. (identical) gemelo. (non-identical) mellizo. she has twin daughters tiene dos hijas gemelas ⧫ tiene dos hijas mellizas · 2. (= linked).

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