"policía" meaning in Spanish

See policía in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /poliˈθia/ [Spain], [po.liˈθi.a] [Spain], /poliˈsia/ [Latin-America], [po.liˈsi.a] [Latin-America] Forms: policías [plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|politīa}} Latin politīa, {{der|es|grc|πολιτεία}} Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía) Head templates: {{es-noun|f}} policía f (plural policías)
  1. Civility, polity, public order, police, fineness, neatness, urbanity Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-policía-es-noun-Q6y3U-Gu
  2. police, police department, police force, police service Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Law enforcement, Occupations Synonyms: poli
    Sense id: en-policía-es-noun-EwyL78Am Disambiguation of Law enforcement: 8 64 28 Disambiguation of Occupations: 9 52 39 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense, Spanish nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender, Spanish nouns with irregular gender Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Spanish masculine and feminine nouns by sense: 17 57 26 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns that have different meanings depending on their gender: 11 69 20 Disambiguation of Spanish nouns with irregular gender: 10 69 21

Noun

IPA: /poliˈθia/ [Spain], [po.liˈθi.a] [Spain], /poliˈsia/ [Latin-America], [po.liˈsi.a] [Latin-America] Forms: policías [plural]
Rhymes: -ia Etymology: From Latin politīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|politīa}} Latin politīa, {{der|es|grc|πολιτεία}} Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía) Head templates: {{es-noun|mfbysense}} policía m or f by sense (plural policías)
  1. police officer (a member of a police force) Tags: by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine Synonyms: agente, agente de policía, poli, tombo, aguacate Related terms: política, político, guardia, gendarme, carabinero
    Sense id: en-policía-es-noun-P2mPkzcy Derived forms: agente de policía, comisaría de Policía, cuerpo de policía, estación de Policía, matapolicías, número de policía, poli, policía judicial, policía secreta, policiaco, policíaco, policial

Inflected forms

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