federale

Back-formation from the plural, from Mexican Spanish federales, from federal.

• IPA^(key): [fɛdəˈɹɑːli]
• Rhymes: -ɑːli

federale (plural federales)

1. (informal, chiefly California, also MLE slang and Hispanic slang) A federal law enforcement officer, usually belonging to the United States government.
2. (informal, US, slang) Alternative letter-case form of Federale: A member of the Mexican Federal Police.
   • 1972, Townes Van Zandt, “Pancho and Lefty”:

     And all the federales say / They could have had him any day / They only let him hang around / Out of kindness, I suppose

• lead-free, leadfree

• IPA^(key): /ˌfeː.dəˈraː.lə/

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• Rhymes: -aːlə

federale

1. inflection of federaal:
   1. indefinite masculine and feminine singular
   2. indefinite plural
   3. definite

From Latin stem foeder- of foedus (“covenant, league, treaty, alliance”).

• IPA^(key): /fe.deˈra.le/
• Rhymes: -ale
• Hyphenation: fe‧de‧rà‧le

federale m or f (plural federali)

1. federal

• federale in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• federale in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

federale

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of federar combined with le

federale

1. definite natural masculine singular of federal