Polyglot Dictionary

polícia

/poˈlisjɐ/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as polícias

Meaning

  1. police

    • Chame a polícia.

      Call the police.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

lei

Close — the police enforce the law, closely related concepts.

Similar in other languages

German

Polizei

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

French

police

police is the French word for the same thing — both mean "police."

Practice

1 What does polícia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Chame a ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches polícia?

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