loco

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Italian

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loco (not comparable)

Positive
loco

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. (music) A direction in written or printed music to return to the proper pitch after having played an octave higher or lower.

[edit] Etymology 2

Spanish loco (“‘insane, crazy’”) from loco (“‘loose’”). From Ancient Greek γλαυκός (“‘clear’”) or Arabic لَوَق (láwaq), “‘foolishness’”).

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loco (comparative more loco, superlative most loco)

Positive
loco

Comparative
more loco

Superlative
most loco
  1. (colloquial) crazy
  2. (western United States) intoxicated by eating locoweed
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  • 2003: You know, I’m a little loco. Kinda crazy, zany guy. — The New Yorker, 15 Dec 2003, p.56
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crazy

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Singular
loco

Plural
locos

loco (plural locos)

  1. (botany) locoweed, a plant capable of causing locoism
  2. (botany) certain species of Astragalus or Oxytropis

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Abbreviation of locomotive.

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Singular
loco

Plural
locos

loco (plural locos)

  1. (rail transport, informal) locomotive

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Singular
loco

Plural
locos

loco (plural locos)

  1. Place, location.

[edit] Italian

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loco m. (plural lochi)

  1. A place.
  2. A written passage.

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loco

  1. First-person singular present tense of locare.

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[edit] Latin

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From locus (“‘place, location’”).

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present active locō, present infinitive locāre, perfect active locāvī, supine locātum.

  1. I put, place, set.
  2. I arrange, establish.
  3. I lease, hire out, lend.

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First Conjugation
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present locō locās locat locāmus locātis locant
future locābō locābis locābit locābimus locābitis locābunt
imperfect locābam locābās locābat locābāmus locābātis locābant
perfect locāvī locāvistī locāvit locāvimus locāvistis locāvērunt
pluperfect locāveram locāverās locāverat locāverāmus locāverātis locāverant
future perfect locāverō locāveris locāverit locāverimus locāveritis locāverint
passive present locor locāris locātur locāmur locāminī locantur
future locābor locāberis locābitur locābimur locābiminī locābuntur
imperfect locābar locābāris locābātur locābāmur locābāminī locābantur
perfect Use locātus m., locāta f., locātum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
pluperfect Use locātus m., locāta f., locātum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
future perfect Use locātus m., locāta f., locātum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present locem locēs locet locēmus locētis locent
imperfect locārem locārēs locāret locārēmus locārētis locārent
perfect locāverim locāverīs locāverit locāverīmus locāverītis locāverint
pluperfect locāvissem locāvissēs locāvisset locāvissēmus locāvissētis locāvissent
passive present locer locēris locētur locēmur locēminī locentur
imperfect locārer locārēris locārētur locārēmur locārēminī locārentur
perfect Use locātus m., locāta f., locātum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
pluperfect Use locātus m., locāta f., locātum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular locā locātō locātō locāre locor locor
plural locāte locātōte locantō locāminī — locantor
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives locāre locāvisse locātūrus esse locārī locātus esse locātum īrī
participles locāns (locantis) — locātūrus -ra, -rum — locātus -a, -um locandus -nda, -ndum

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locō

  1. dative masculine singular of locus
  2. ablative masculine singular of locus

[edit] Spanish

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loco m. (feminine loca, masculine plural locos, feminine plural locas)

  1. crazy, insane, mad (asserting that something is out of place in the head).
  2. rash, risky, imprudent
  3. tremendous, terrific, huge, enormous
  4. overgrown, rambling
  5. loose (pipe fittings, pulley)
  6. sexy (only with "ser" ex. soy loco)

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loco m. (feminine loca, masculine plural locos, feminine plural locas)

  1. (pejorative) A crazy person.
  2. A highly affected homosexual
  3. (Chile) Chilean edible abalone (Concholepas concholepas)
  4. A plant in the genus Astragalus or Oxytropis

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