policía
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
policía f (plural policías)
- police (a civil force granted the legal authority for law enforcement and maintaining public order)
Noun[edit]
policía m or f by sense (plural policías)
- police officer (a member of a police force)
- Synonym: garda
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “policía” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /poliˈθia/ [po.liˈθi.a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /poliˈsia/ [po.liˈsi.a]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: po‧li‧cí‧a
Noun[edit]
policía f (plural policías)
- Civility, polity, public order, police, fineness, neatness, urbanity
- police, police department, police force, police service
- Synonym: (informal) poli
Noun[edit]
policía m or f by sense (plural policías)
- police officer (a member of a police force)
- Synonyms: agente, agente de policía, poli (informal), tombo (informal, South America), aguacate (informal, Colombia)
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Related terms[edit]
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See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “policía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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