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Definitions and meaning of loca

loca

English

Noun

loca

1. plural of locum

Anagrams

• ALCO, Acol, COLA, Calo, Caló, Coal., LCAO, LOAC, alco, alco-, coal, cola

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔkə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌkə/

Etymology 1

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Noun

loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)

1. enclosure, pen, corral, fold

   Synonyms: cró, pionna

2. park, parking-place

Etymology 2

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Noun

loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)

1. lock (of hair, wool)
2. (in the plural) side whiskers
3. tuft, handful; small quantity

Declension

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “loca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “loca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Italian

Verb

loca

1. inflection of locare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• calo, calo-, calò, cola, colà, laco

Latin

Verb

locā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of locō

Noun

loca m

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of locus

References

• "loca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *lukô, related to *lūkaną (“to shut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.kɑ/

Noun

loca m

1. locked enclosure

Declension

Weak:

Descendants

• Middle English: loke
  • English: loke

Etymology 2

Possibly an imperative form of lōcian. See also lo (from Old English lā).

Alternative forms

• lōc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloː.kɑ/

Interjection

lōca

1. look, see here
2. -ever

Descendants

• Middle English: loke (loke what, loke when, loke who, loke hou)
  • English: look (look you)

Portuguese

Verb

loca

1. inflection of locar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈlo.ka]
• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: lo‧ca

Noun

loca f (plural locas)

1. (derogatory) a madwoman, female equivalent of loco

   Pensaban que era una loca, pero simplemente fingía. ― People thought she was a madwoman, but she only faked it.

2. (derogatory, euphemistic, Latin America) slut (usually said of a woman...)

   Esa prima mía es una loca. ― My cousin is a slut.

3. (slang) an effeminate man or boy
4. (slang) a very flirtatious homosexual man or boy

Adjective

loca

1. feminine singular of loco

Further reading

• “loco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish لوجه (loca), from Italian loggia.

Noun

loca (definite accusative locayı, plural localar)

1. (masonic) lodge
2. box (in theaters)

Declension