# loca
## English
### Noun

loca
* plural of locum

### Anagrams

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

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈl̪ˠɔkə/
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈl̪ˠʌkə/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)
* enclosure, pen, corral, fold
    Synonyms: cró, pionna
* park, parking-place

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

loca m (genitive singular loca, nominative plural locaí)
* lock (of hair, wool)
* (in the plural) side whiskers
* tuft, handful; small quantity

### Declension

Fourth declension

### 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
* inflection of locare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* calo, calo-, calò, cola, colà, laco

## Latin
### Verb

locā
* second-person singular present active imperative of locō

### Noun

loca m
* 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: /ˈlo.kɑ/

#### Noun

loca m
* locked enclosure

##### 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: /ˈloː.kɑ/

#### Interjection

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

##### Descendants

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

## Portuguese
### Verb

loca
* inflection of locar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

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

loca
* feminine singular of loco

### Further reading

* “loco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

loca (definite accusative locayı, plural localar)
* (masonic) lodge
* box (in theaters)