policia

Borrowed from Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pu.liˈsi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [po.liˈsi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [po.liˈsi.a]

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• Rhymes: -ia

policia f (uncountable)

1. police

policia m or f by sense (plural policies)

1. policeman, policewoman

• “policia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “policia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “policia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “policia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

policia

1. inflection of policiar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

policia f (plural policias)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of polícia
   • 1931 February 19, “E’cos do Carnaval no Rio [Echoes from Rio’s Carnaval]”, in A Tribuna, volume XXXVII, number 298, Santos, page 3:

     As diversas canções […] constituiram verdadeiras marchas carnavalescas. Sobresahiu, talvez, o samba “Com que roupa”, allusivo á recente medida tomada pelo chefe da policia, sr. Luzardo, sobre os vestuarios das praias de banho.

     The various songs […] became veritable Carnival marches. What stood out, perhaps, was the samba “Com que roupa”, allusive to the recent measure taken by the chief of police, Mr. Luzardo, regarding beachwear.