It's considered a dilute acid, not a weak acid. That term has a very specific meaning.
A strong acid is one that ionizes (many chemistry texts use the Word "dissociate") completely in water, and a weak acid is one that doesn't completely ionize. Hydrochloric acid is a "strong" acid; hydrofluoric acid is a "weak" acid even though it's more corrosive than hydrochloric acid is.
So...you could take hydrochloric acid (a strong acid) and mix it with a lot of water, get it up to pH 6, and still have a strong acid.
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