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How to Say ‘Police’ in Portuguese

Polícia

po-LEE-syah

[po-LEE-syah]

💬 Usage Tip: The stress is on the second syllable: polícia. In European Portuguese, unstressed vowels get reduced, so it sounds closer to (puh-LEE-see-uh) than the spelling suggests.

Phrase Breakdown

Polícia

[po-LEE-syah]

Police

An organized civil force for maintaining order and enforcing the law.

Example

Chamamos a 'Polícia' porque havia um problema.

We called the 'Police' because there was a problem.

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