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los mellizos

twins, fraternal twins

→ mellizo
noun · plural masculine Rare #55,355
twins, fraternal twins In Spanish, mellizos usually refers to twins who are not identical; gemelos can refer to identical twins.
SP: Mis primos son mellizos.
EN: My cousins are twins.

Nawal Marwan dio a luz a mellizos.

Nawal Marwan gave birth to twins.

— Incendios (2010)

La mujer de Tomás está embarazada de mellizos.

Tomás's wife is pregnant with twins.

¿Les gusta la academia militar a los mellizos?

Do the twins like military school?

— Tres son multitud (1998)

¿Oiga quiénes son los mellizos esos que juegan en el medio?

Hey, who are those twins who play in midfield?

— Rudo y Cursi (2008)