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
• Entries containing “loca” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “loca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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

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): /loːk/

Interjection

lōc

1. look, see here
2. -ever

   Lōc hwæt hæbbe tȳn fēt

   Whatever may have ten feet

   Lōc hwǣr ic hit gefriþod wille habban

   Wherever I will have it protected

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/

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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