polícia
Portuguese, noun
polícia is spelled P-O-L-Í-C-I-A (7 letters) and appears 257 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 357th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polícia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “police” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, policia is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corporação cujo objetivo é manter a ordem pública e garantir o cumprimento da lei”.
What does polícia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepolice
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininemasculinepolice officer
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of polícia
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corporação cujo objetivo é manter a ordem pública e garantir o cumprimento da lei 2. funcionário dessa corporação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of polícia
- polícias plural
- policias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polícia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polícia in Portuguese?
polícia appears 257 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).