The Spanish word for 'police' is?

• A. Agente
• B. Oficial
• C. Policia
• D. Detective

Answer: (C)

The main idea here is knowing how to name the police as an institution in Spanish. The word for the police, as a group or system, is policía (policia without its accent is a common spelling in some contexts, but the concept is the same). So the correct term refers to the police as an organization.

The other options point to people or roles within the force rather than the force itself: agente means an agent or police officer, oficial can mean officer or official more generally, and detective is a specific investigator. For example, you’d say La policía está investigando (The police are investigating) or El oficial de policía (the police officer), not use those words to refer to the whole police organization.