policía

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

• IPA^(key): /pʊliˈθiɐ/

policía f (plural policías)

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

policía m or f by sense (plural policías)

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

   Synonym: garda

• policial

• “policía”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

• IPA^(key): /poliˈθia/ [po.liˈθi.a] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /poliˈsia/ [po.liˈsi.a] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: po‧li‧cí‧a

policía f (plural policías)

1. Civility, polity, public order, police, fineness, neatness, urbanity
2. police, police department, police force, police service

   Synonym: (informal) poli

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)

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

• guardia
• gendarme
• carabinero

• “policía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024