la pasma

the cops

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the cops Informal Spanish slang, especially associated with Spain, for the police. It is usually used as a collective noun and takes feminine singular agreement because of “la.”

SP: La pasma llegó justo a tiempo.

EN: The cops arrived just in time.

Sólo la pasma habla así.

Only the cops talk like that.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)

Charlie, Baz, los italianos, ya sabes, la pasma.

Charlie, Baz, the Italians, you know, the cops.

— American Gangster (2007)

Pagar a la pasma es una cosa.

Paying the cops is one thing.

— American Gangster (2007)

La pasma está ahí fuera.

The cops are out there.

— Uno de los nuestros (1990)