Nothing Special   »   [go: up one dir, main page]

Jump to content

loca

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
See also: lóca and LOCA

English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

loca

  1. plural of locum

Anagrams

[edit]

Irish

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

[edit]

loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)

  1. enclosure, pen, corral, fold
    Synonyms: cró, pionna
  2. park, parking-place

Etymology 2

[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

[edit]

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

[edit]
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

[edit]

Italian

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

loca

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

Anagrams

[edit]

Latin

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

locā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of locō

Noun

[edit]

loca m

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of locus

References

[edit]

Old English

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

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

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

loca m

  1. locked enclosure
Declension
[edit]

Weak:

Descendants
[edit]
  • Middle English: loke

Etymology 2

[edit]

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

Alternative forms

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Interjection

[edit]

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

Portuguese

[edit]

Verb

[edit]

loca

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

Spanish

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): /ˈloka/ [ˈlo.ka]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -oka
  • Syllabification: lo‧ca

Noun

[edit]

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

[edit]

loca

  1. feminine singular of loco

Further reading

[edit]

Turkish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

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

Noun

[edit]

loca (definite accusative locayı, plural localar)

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

Declension

[edit]
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