loca
English
Irish
Etymology 1
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Noun
loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)
Etymology 2
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Noun
loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)
- lock (of hair, wool)
- (in the plural) side whiskers
- tuft, handful; small quantity
Declension
Declension of loca
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
- inflection of locare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Latin
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/
Declension
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /loːk/
Interjection
lōc
Portuguese
Verb
loca
- inflection of locar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈlo.ka]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - 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
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.
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