Loca - Wiktionary

See also: lóca and LOCA

English

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Noun

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loca

1. plural of locum

Anagrams

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• ALCO, Acol, COLA, Calo, Caló, Coal., LCAO, LOAC, alco, alco-, coal, cola, Cola

Irish

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Pronunciation

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• (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔkə/
• (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠʌkə/

Etymology 1

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Noun

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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

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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

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

Further reading

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• 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, 2013–2025

Italian

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Verb

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loca

1. inflection of locare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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• calo, calo-, calò, cola, colà, laco

Latin

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Verb

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locā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of locō

Noun

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loca m

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of locus

References

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• "loca", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old English

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Germanic *lukô, related to *lūkaną (“to shut”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈlo.kɑ/

Noun

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loca m

1. locked enclosure

Declension

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Weak:

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

Descendants

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• Middle English: loke
  • English: loke

Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

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• lōc

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈloː.kɑ/

Interjection

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lōca

1. look, see here
2. -ever Lōca hwæt hæbbe tȳn fētWhatever may have ten feet Lōca hwǣr ic hit gefriþod wille habbanWherever I will have it protected

Descendants

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• Middle English: loke (loke what, loke when, loke who, loke hou)
  • English: look (look you)

Portuguese

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Verb

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loca

1. inflection of locar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈlo.ka]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oka
• Syllabification: lo‧ca

Noun

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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

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loca

1. feminine singular of loco

Further reading

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• “loco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish لوجه (loca), from Italian loggia.

Noun

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loca (definite accusative locayı, plural localar)

1. (masonic) lodge
2. box (in theaters)

Declension

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singular	plural
nominative	loca	localar
definite accusative	locayı	locaları
dative	locaya	localara
locative	locada	localarda
ablative	locadan	localardan
genitive	locanın	locaların