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, Philippines) /poliˈsiako/ [po.liˈsi.a.ko]
• Rhymes: -iako
• Syllabification: po‧li‧cí‧a‧co

Adjective

policíaco (feminine policíaca, masculine plural policíacos, feminine plural policíacas)

1. (Latin America) Related to the police, police force

   Synonym: policial

2. whodunit, whodunnit (UK)
3. 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28