policíaco

See also: policiaco

Spanish

Alternative forms

policiaco

Etymology

From policía +‎ -aco.

Pronunciation

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

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

In a novel, drama, film or series, policial is more to refer to police procedural and policiaco/policíaco to whodunit.

Derived terms

novela policíaca (“crime novel, procedural; crime fiction, whodunit, detective fiction”)
película policíaca (“procedural film”)
serie policíaca (“procedural, procedural television show, crime series”)

Related terms

policía

Further reading

“policíaco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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