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feminine
/komisaˈɾia/
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Translation
police station
Word origin
From 'comisario' ('superintendent, commissioner') plus the place-forming suffix '-ía', ultimately from Medieval Latin commissarius, from Latin committere ('to entrust').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- committere
- English cognates
- commissary, commit, commission
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralcomisarías
Examples
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We went to the police station to file a report.
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The police station is near the square.
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They took him to the police station after the accident.
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Do you know where the nearest police station is?
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The officer was waiting for us at the police station.
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