louco

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese louco, lauco (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), perhaps from Andalusian Arabic لَوَق (lawaq, “stupidity”), from Arabic لاق (lāq, “to soften”). Compare Portuguese louco, Spanish loco, and Sicilian loccu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlowko/ [ˈlow.kʊ]
• Rhymes: -owko
• Hyphenation: lou‧co

Noun

louco m (plural loucos, feminine louca, feminine plural loucas)

1. madman

   Synonyms: doudo, tolo

   Cada louco coa sua teima (proverb) ― Each madman with his obsession

   • 1433, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 389:

     o dito Nuno da Praça que lle disera moitas maas palabras et desonrras et ynjurias, ontre las quaes diso que lle disera "vello royn, bébedo, louco, sandio, desuariado"

     said Nuno da Praza told him many bad words and affronts and defamations, among them he said that he was said "mean old man, drunkard, madman, fool, deslusional"

Adjective

louco (feminine louca, masculine plural loucos, feminine plural loucas)

1. mad; insane; crazy; foolish

   Synonyms: doudo, tolo

   • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 208:

     Homes sandios et jente louqua, nõ deuedes a chamar Santiago caualeiro mais pescador que leixou o barquo et as redes ẽno mar de Galilea et foyse cõ Nostro Señor, et el fezoo pescador dos homes

     foolish men and mad people, you should not call Saint James a knight, but a fisherman who left his boat and the nets in the sea of Galilee and went with Our Lord, and He made him a fisherman of men

Derived terms

• loucura
• louquear
• reloucar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “louco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “louco”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “louco”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “louco”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “louco”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -owko

Adjective

louco m (plural loucos, feminine louca, feminine plural loucas)

1. mad; insane; crazy; foolish

Noun

louco m (plural loucos, feminine louca, feminine plural loucas)

1. madman

Descendants

• Galician: louco
• Portuguese: louco

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "louco₁"
• Universo Cantigas - "louco₂"

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese louco, possibly from Andalusian Arabic لَوَق (lawaq, “stupidity”), from Arabic لاق (lāq, “to soften”). Compare Galician louco, Spanish loco and Sicilian loccu.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ku/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ku/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ku]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ko/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ko]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ku/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo(w).ku/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlow.ku/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.ku/

• Rhymes: -owku, -oku
• Hyphenation: lou‧co

Adjective

louco (feminine louca, masculine plural loucos, feminine plural loucas)

1. crazy, mad, insane (of unsound mind)

   Synonyms: doido, insano, demente, insensato, maluco

2. crazy (very unexpected; wildly surprising)

Derived terms

• de génio e louco todos temos um pouco
• de médico e louco todos temos um pouco
• enlouquecer
• loucamente
• louco varrido
• loucura

 

Related terms

• tresloucado
• tresloucar

 

Noun

louco m (plural loucos, feminine louca, feminine plural loucas)

1. a madman, a crazy person

   Synonyms: doido, demente, mentecapto, maluco

2. (Rio Grande do Sul) a man, a guy, a chap, a fellow

   Tu viu o que aquele louco fez?

   Did you see what that guy did?

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN