policiamento
Portuguese, noun/po.li.si.aˈmẽ.tu/
policiamento is spelled P-O-L-I-C-I-A-M-E-N-T-O (12 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,534th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Policiamento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “policing (act or effect of policing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de policiar; ação de manter a ordem pública por meio da presença e atuação da polícia”.
What does policiamento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepolicing (act or effect of policing)
- 2
masculineguard, surveillance, patrol
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de policiar; ação de manter a ordem pública por meio da presença e atuação da polícia 2. conjunto de operaçãos, estratégias e efetivo destinados a vigiar e patrulhar determinada área
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 policiamento
- policiamentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce policiamento?
- Brazil /po.li.si.aˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil /po.li.sjaˈmẽ.tu/
- Brazil /pu.li.si.aˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to policiamento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is policiamento in Portuguese?
policiamento appears 3.9 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).