loca

See also: lóca and 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

Declension of loca (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative loca locaí vocative a loca a locaí genitive loca locaí dative loca locaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an loca na locaí genitive an loca na locaí dative leis an loca don loca leis na locaí

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “loca”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “loca”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “loca”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	loca	locan
accusative	locan	locan
genitive	locan	locena
dative	locan	locum

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): /ˈloː.kɑ/

Interjection

lōca

1. look, see here
2. -ever

   Lōca hwæt hæbbe tȳn fēt

   Whatever may have ten feet

   Lōca 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

• “loco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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