policiar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /po.li.siˈa(ʁ)/ [po.li.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /po.liˈsja(ʁ)/ [po.liˈsja(h)], /pu.li.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pu.li.sɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /pu.liˈsja(ʁ)/ [pu.liˈsja(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /po.li.siˈa(ɾ)/ [po.li.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /po.liˈsja(ɾ)/, /pu.li.siˈa(ɾ)/ [pu.li.sɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /pu.liˈsja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /po.li.siˈa(ʁ)/ [po.li.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /po.liˈsja(ʁ)/ [po.liˈsja(χ)], /pu.li.siˈa(ʁ)/ [pu.li.sɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /pu.liˈsja(ʁ)/ [pu.liˈsja(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /po.li.siˈa(ɻ)/ [po.li.sɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /po.liˈsja(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.liˈsjaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /pu.liˈsja.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: po‧li‧ci‧ar

Etymology 1

From polícia +‎ -ar.

Verb

policiar (first-person singular present policio, first-person singular preterite policiei, past participle policiado)

  1. (transitive) to police (to enforce the law and keep order)
  2. (transitive, figurative) to tone police
Conjugation
    Conjugation of policiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal policiar
Personal policiar policiares policiar policiarmos policiardes policiarem
Gerund
policiando
Past participle
Masculine policiado policiados
Feminine policiada policiadas
Indicative
Present policio policias policia policiamos policiais policiam
Imperfect policiava policiavas policiava policiávamos policiáveis policiavam
Preterite policiei policiaste policiou policiamos1, policiámos2 policiastes policiaram
Pluperfect policiara policiaras policiara policiáramos policiáreis policiaram
Future policiarei policiarás policiará policiaremos policiareis policiarão
Conditional policiaria policiarias policiaria policiaríamos policiaríeis policiariam
Subjunctive
Present policie policies policie policiemos policieis policiem
Imperfect policiasse policiasses policiasse policiássemos policiásseis policiassem
Future policiar policiares policiar policiarmos policiardes policiarem
Imperative
Affirmative policia policie policiemos policiai policiem
Negative (não) não policies não policie não policiemos não policieis não policiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

Noun

policiar m or f (invariable)

  1. (Brazil) eye dialect spelling of policial, representing Caipira Portuguese

Adjective

policiar (invariable)

  1. (Brazil) eye dialect spelling of policial, representing Caipira Portuguese

Further reading

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