Usage Note
Detective is a borrowing from English that functions as a common-gender noun: el detective / la detective. It refers to both police detectives and private investigators (detective privado). The plural is detectives, following regular -e pluralisation.
Examples
"El detective siguió al sospechoso toda la noche."
Natural Translation
The detective followed the suspect all night.
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