policía

/poliˈsia/

el noun A2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
los policías

Meaning

  1. police officer

    • El policía me pidió el documento.

      The police officer asked me for my ID.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Polizeibeamte

Polizeibeamte is the German word for the same thing — both mean "police officer."

German

Polizist

Polizist is the German word for the same thing — both mean "police officer."

Portuguese

policial

policial is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "police officer."

Practice

1 What does policía mean?

2 Fill the gap: El ___ me pidió el documento.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches policía?

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