Commissariat in Portuguese 🇧🇷

delegacia de polícia info.

Tips to remember the word:
• Associate “delegacia” with “delegate” – imagine an official delegation that oversees law enforcement. Visualize a building where police "delegate" their work.
• Note the ending “-cia” as in “police” agency, which may help you remember that it’s a place related to police work.

Explanations:
• “Delegacia de polícia” is the term used in Brazilian Portuguese for a police station—a facility where police receive reports, investigate crimes, and carry out administrative procedures.
• In everyday use, it specifically refers to the local police office that handles non-judicial matters and initial investigations.

Other words that mean the same thing:
• In Portugal, a similar concept is often called an “esquadra.”
• “Estação policial” can sometimes be used interchangeably, though “delegacia” is more common in Brazil for investigative services.

Alternate meanings and slang:
• There are no widely used slang meanings for “delegacia de polícia” itself; the term is mostly employed in its formal sense.
• In informal conversation, people might simply refer to “a polícia” or “o posto” when talking about the police presence, but the term “delegacia” remains the standard reference to the police station.

Examples of sentences:
• “Depois do assalto, ele foi à delegacia de polícia para registrar um boletim de ocorrência.”
  (After the robbery, he went to the police station to file a report.)
• “A delegacia de polícia fica no centro da cidade, facilitando o acesso para os moradores.”
  (The police station is located in the city center, making it easily accessible for residents.)
• “Os investigadores passaram horas na delegacia de polícia reunindo evidências do crime.”
  (The investigators spent hours at the police station gathering evidence from the crime.)

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