policía

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See also: policia and polícia

Galician

Etymology

From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Pronunciation

Noun

policía f (plural policías)

  1. police (a civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order)

Noun

policía m or f by sense (plural policías)

  1. police officer (a member of a police force)
    Synonym: garda

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /poliˈθia/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /poliˈsia/
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: po‧li‧cí‧a

Noun

policía f (plural policías)

  1. Civility, polity, public order, police, fineness, neatness, urbanity
  2. police, police department, police force, police service
    Synonym: (informal) poli

Noun

policía m or f by sense (plural policías)

  1. police officer (a member of a police force)
    Synonyms: agente, agente de policía, poli (informal), tombo (informal, South America), aguacate (informal, Colombia)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Bikol Central: pulisya
  • → Chayuco Mixtec: puluzia
  • → Tagalog: pulisya
  • → Tarifit: pulisiya

See also

Further reading

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