loca

== English == === Noun === loca plural of locum === Anagrams === ALCO, Acol, COLA, Calo, Caló, Coal., LCAO, LOAC, alco, alco-, coal, cola, Cola == Irish == === Pronunciation === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔkə/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɞkə/ === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí) enclosure, pen, corral, fold Synonyms: cró, pionna park, parking-place === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí) lock (of hair, wool) (in the plural) side whiskers tuft, handful; small quantity === Declension === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “loca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “loca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm “loca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 == Italian == === Verb === loca inflection of locare: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Anagrams === calo, calo-, calò, cola, colà, laco == Latin == === Verb === locā second-person singular present active imperative of locō === Noun === loca m nominative/accusative/vocative plural of locus === References === "loca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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/ Rhymes: -o.kɑ ==== Noun ==== loca m 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/ Rhymes: -oː.kɑ ==== Interjection ==== lōca look, see here -ever ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: loke (loke what, loke when, loke who, loke hou) English: look (look you) == Portuguese == === Verb === loca inflection of locar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈlo.ka] Rhymes: -oka Syllabification: lo‧ca === Noun === loca f (plural locas) (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. (derogatory, euphemistic, Latin America) slut (usually said of a woman...) Esa prima mía es una loca. ― My cousin is a slut. (slang) an effeminate man or boy (slang) a very flirtatious homosexual man or boy === Adjective === loca feminine singular of loco === Further reading === “loco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish لوجه (loca), from Italian loggia. === Noun === loca (definite accusative locayı, plural localar) (masonic) lodge box (in theaters) ==== Declension ====