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    Does anybody know if cerrojo muerto is used in Spain for dead bolt or pestillo is better?
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    En Argentina usamos cerrojo o pestillo o incluso pasador. (pasador porque pasa de un lado a otro y traba la puerta, pero si es para Am Lat creo que cerrojo o pestillo estàn bien)
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    en españa se utiliza mas pestillo

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    "Pestillo" for a bolt, anything requiring a key is "cerrojo" here in Spain. However, in english there can be locks requiring a key described as using dead bolts, or as "dead locks" because they need to be closed as well as opened with a key.

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    Hi!

    I'm from Spain and we never use "cerrojo muerto" to refer to a bolt. We use cerrojo o pestillo. So, both are correct.

    Un saludo,

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    Incluso utilizamos también "pasador". Pero siempre vivo, no muerto...

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