subdelegacia

Portuguese

Etymology

From sub- (“police station”) +‎ delegacia.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.de.le.ɡaˈsi.ɐ/, /ˌsu.bi.de.le.ɡaˈsi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.de.le.ɡaˈsi.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌsub.dɨ.lɨ.ɡɐˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌsuβ.ðɨ.lɨ.ɣɐˈsi.ɐ], /ˌsu.bɨ.dɨ.lɨ.ɡɐˈsi.ɐ/ [ˌsu.βɨ.ðɨ.lɨ.ɣɐˈsi.ɐ]

Hyphenation: sub‧de‧le‧ga‧ci‧a

Noun

subdelegacia f (plural subdelegacias)

(law enforcement) substation (police station under the jurisdiction of another)

Further reading

“subdelegacia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“subdelegacia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026