English-Portuguese translations for policeman

• polícia
  O polícia que foi assassinado era casado e tinha filhos. The policeman who was killed was married and had children.
  A única testemunha é um agente da polícia estónio que recusou prestar testemunho. The only witness is an Estonian policeman who has declined to testify.
  Não podemos, portanto, reservar o papel de polícias do mundo exclusivamente aos americanos. So the role of world policeman cannot be reserved exclusively to the Americans.
• policial
  Correu para fora do avião e foi seguido por um agente policial que lhe gritou para que parasse. He ran off the aeroplane and was followed by a policeman, who shouted at him to stop.
  Um policial italiano confessou, e hoje o número dois do Sismi, a italiana, foi detido. An Italian policeman has confessed and today the deputy head of the Sismi, the Italian intelligence service, has been arrested.

Definition of policeman

• A member of a police force, especially one who is male
• A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis

Related words

• sleeping policeman
• military policeman
• traffic policeman
• speed policeman