policía

See also: policia and polícia

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊliˈθiɐ/

Noun

policía f (plural policías)

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

policía m or f (plural policías)

1. police officer (a member of a police force)

   Synonym: garda

Related terms

• policial

Further reading

• “policía” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /poliˈθia/ [po.liˈθi.a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /poliˈsia/ [po.liˈsi.a]
• 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, (informal) poli, (informal, South America) tombo, (informal, Colombia) aguacate

Derived terms

• agente de policía
• cuerpo de policía
• matapolicías
• poli
• policía judicial
• policía secreta
• policiaco
• policíaco
• policial

 

Related terms

• política
• político

 

Descendants

• Bikol Central: pulisya
• Chayuco Mixtec: puluzia
• Tagalog: pulisya

See also

• guardia
• gendarme
• carabinero

Further reading

• “policía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014