patrol

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/pəˈtrəʊl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/pəˈtroʊl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pə trōl)

Inflections of 'patrol' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
patrols
v 3rd person singular
patrolling
v pres p
patrolled
v past
patrolled
v past p
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

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InglésEspañol
patrol n (military watch over an area)patrulla nf
 The regular army patrols ensured no trouble broke out.
 Las patrullas regulares del ejercito garantizaban que no estallaría un conflicto.
patrol n (police watch over an area)patrullero nm
 The police force is cutting back on patrols in this area.
 La policía está reduciendo patrulleros en esta zona.
patrol n (police officer's route)ronda nf
 Sergeant Smith's patrol includes the street where he grew up.
 La ronda del sargento Smith incluye la calle en la que él creció.
patrol [sth] vtr (watch over an area)patrullar vtr
  rondar vtr
  vigilar vtr
 Police officers were patrolling the streets to make residents feel safer after the crime took place.
 Después del crimen, agentes de policía patrullaron las calles para que los vecinos se sintieran más seguros.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
border patrol n (frontier guards) (AR)gendarmería nf
 The cars were ordered to stop by the border patrol.
 Gendarmería ordenó a los autos que pararan.
  patrulla fronteriza, policía fronteriza nf + adj
 La patrulla fronteriza obligó a los coches a parar.
highway patrol n US (motorway police)policía de tránsito nf + loc adj
  patrulla de caminos nf + loc adj
  (ES)guardia civil de tráfico nf + loc adj
 On New Year's Eve, the highway patrol sets up roadblocks to discourage drunk driving.
 Durante la noche de Año Nuevo la policía de tránsito pone bloqueos para que la gente no tome.
on patrol adv (monitoring an area)de patrulla loc adv
 Los atacaron estando de patrulla por el monte.
patrol car,
squad car,
prowl car (US)
n
(on-duty police automobile) (ES)coche patrulla loc nom m
  (ES)coche de policía nm + loc adj
  (AmL)patrulla de policía nf + loc adj
  (AR, PE, UY)patrullero nm
 Slow down to the speed limit -- there's a patrol car around the bend.
 I pulled over when I saw the patrol car's lights in my rear-view mirror.
 Baja la velocidad: hay un coche patrulla en la curva.
police wagon (US),
police van (UK),
patrol wagon (AU)
n
(prisoner transport vehicle) (lleva prisioneros)carro policial nm + adj mf
  camioneta policial nf + adj mf
  furgón celular loc nom m
shore patrol n (US Navy)guardia costera nf + adj
  patrulla costera nf + adj
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