patrullaje

Spanish

Etymology

From patrullar +‎ -aje.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʝaxe/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʝa.xe] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʎaxe/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʎa.xe] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʃaxe/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʃa.xe] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /patɾuˈʒaxe/ [pa.t̪ɾuˈʒa.xe] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -axe
  • Syllabification: pa‧tru‧lla‧je

Noun

patrullaje m (plural patrullajes)

  1. patrolling, patrol
    • 2015 July 6, “La Policía detiene a dos hombres con 970 pastillas de éxtasis”, in El País[1]:
      Los agentes vestidos de paisano realizaban este domingo en la tarde un patrullaje preventivo en el centro de la capital.
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