loca
English edit
Noun edit
loca
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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Noun edit
loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)
Etymology 2 edit
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Noun edit
loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)
- lock (of hair, wool)
- (in the plural) side whiskers
- tuft, handful; small quantity
Declension edit
Declension of loca
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Further reading edit
- 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 edit
Verb edit
loca
- inflection of locare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
locā
Noun edit
loca m
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *lukô, related to *lūkaną (“to shut”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
loca m
Declension edit
Declension of loca (weak)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly an imperative form of lōcian. See also lo (from Old English lā).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
lōc
- look, see here
- -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 edit
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
loca
- inflection of locar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
loca
Further reading edit
- “loco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish لوجه (loca), from Italian loggia.
Noun edit
loca (definite accusative locayı, plural localar)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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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 |