🇵🇹 portugués

polícia

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

a polícia

police

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polícia
/a poˈlisiɐ/
← masculine feminine →

¿Cómo se dice polícia en portugués?

AFI
/a poˈlisiɐ/

How do you pronounce polícia in portugués?

polícia is pronounced /a poˈlisiɐ/ in portugués.

Frases de ejemplo

A polícia chegou rapidamente ao local do crime porque ela estava preparada para essa situação.

The police arrived quickly at the crime scene because she was prepared for this situation.

A polícia local é muito profissional; ela resolveu vários casos importantes neste ano.

The local police force is very professional; it has solved several important cases this year.

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¿Por qué es feminine?

Polícia is feminine because it derives from Latin "politia," which comes from Greek "politeia" (πολιτεία), and Latin nouns ending in "-ia" are typically feminine—a pattern that Portuguese retained. The word originally referred to the administration or governance of a city-state, and the feminine gender followed naturally from this Latin etymological inheritance.

¿Cómo se dice police en portugués?

En portugués, police se dice a polícia — feminine.

Género según el idioma

IdiomaPalabraArtículoGénero
🇪🇸 Spanishpolicíalafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianpolizialafeminine

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