policíaco
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See also: policiaco
Spanish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Spain) /poliˈθiako/ [po.liˈθi.a.ko]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /poliˈsiako/ [po.liˈsi.a.ko]
- Rhymes: -iako
- Syllabification: po‧li‧cí‧a‧co
Adjective[edit]
policíaco (feminine policíaca, masculine plural policíacos, feminine plural policíacas)
- (Latin America) Related to the police, police force
- Synonym: policial
- whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
- police procedural
Usage notes[edit]
- In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.
Derived terms[edit]
- novela policíaca (“crime novel, procedural; crime fiction, whodunit, detective fiction”)
- película policíaca (“procedural film”)
- serie policíaca (“procedural, procedural television show, crime series”)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “policíaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014