loca

See also: lóca and LOCA

English

Noun

loca

  1. plural of locum

Anagrams

Irish

Pronunciation

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

Latin

Verb

locā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of locō

Noun

loca m

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of locus

References

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

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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/ [ˈlo.ka]
  • 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

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

Inflection
Nominative loca
Definite accusative locayı
Singular Plural
Nominative loca localar
Definite accusative locayı locaları
Dative locaya localara
Locative locada localarda
Ablative locadan localardan
Genitive locanın locaların
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