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)

Noun

policía m or f by sense (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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Colombia):

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• 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, poli (informal), tombo (informal, South America), aguacate (informal, Colombia)

Derived terms

• agente de policía
• comisaría de Policía
• cuerpo de policía
• estación de Policía
• matapolicías
• número de policía
• poli
• policía judicial
• policía secreta
• policiaco
• policíaco
• policial

 

Related terms

• política
• político

 

Descendants

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

See also

• guardia
• gendarme
• carabinero

Further reading

• “policía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28