policíaco

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See also: policiaco

Spanish

Alternative forms

policiaco

Etymology

From policía +‎ -aco.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /poliˈθiako/
IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /poliˈsiako/
Rhymes: -iako
Syllabification: po‧li‧cí‧a‧co

Adjective

policíaco (feminine policíaca, masculine plural policíacos, feminine plural policíacas)

(Latin America) Related to the police, police force
Synonym: policial
whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
police procedural

Usage notes

In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.

Derived terms

novela policíaca (“crime novel, procedural; crime fiction, whodunit, detective fiction”)
película policíaca (“procedural film”)
serie policíaca (“procedural, procedural television show, crime series”)

Related terms

policía

Further reading

“policíaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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