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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

policiar.

to police (to enforce the law and keep order)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/po.li.siˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[po.li.siˈa(h)]Brazil/po.liˈsja(ʁ)/Brazil[po.liˈsja(h)]Brazil
  1. to police (to enforce the law and keep order)

    transitive
  2. to tone police

    figuratively · transitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek πολῑ́της (polī́tēs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)bor. Late Latin polītīalbor. Portuguese polícia Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese policiar From polícia + -ar.

noun/po.li.siˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[po.li.siˈa(h)]Brazil/po.liˈsja(ʁ)/Brazil[po.liˈsja(h)]Brazil
  1. eye dialect spelling of policial, representing Caipira Portuguese

    Brazil · alt-of · feminine · invariable · masculine · pronunciation-spelling
adj/po.li.siˈa(ʁ)/Brazil[po.li.siˈa(h)]Brazil/po.liˈsja(ʁ)/Brazil[po.liˈsja(h)]Brazil
  1. eye dialect spelling of policial, representing Caipira Portuguese

    Brazil · alt-of · invariable · pronunciation-spelling
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