policíaco
See also: policiaco
Spanish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poliˈθiako/ [po.liˈθi.a.ko] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /poliˈsiako/ [po.liˈsi.a.ko] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iako
- Syllabification: po‧li‧cí‧a‧co
Adjective
policíaco (feminine policíaca, masculine plural policíacos, feminine plural policíacas)
- (Latin America) Related to the police, police force
- Synonym: policial
- whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
- police procedural
Usage notes
- In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.
Derived terms
- novela policíaca (“crime novel, procedural; crime fiction, whodunit, detective fiction”)
- película policíaca (“procedural film”)
- serie policíaca (“procedural, procedural television show, crime series”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “policíaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025