policial
Portuguese, noun/po.li.siˈaw/
policial is spelled P-O-L-I-C-I-A-L (8 letters) and appears 74 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,311th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Policial is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “police officer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “funcionário da polícia”.
What does policial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à polícia
noun: 1. funcionário da polícia 2. romance onde se apresentam pistas e soluções para, no final, se resolver um crime e/ou mistério
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 policial
- policiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce policial?
- Brazil /po.li.siˈaw/
- Brazil [po.li.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /po.liˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to policial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is policial in Portuguese?
policial appears 74 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).