adjective/ˈloko/
crazy, insane, mad, nuts (asserting that something is out of place in the head); rash, risky, imprudent; tremendous, terrific, huge, enormous; malfunctioning, broken and working incorrectly (said of a machine); overgrown, rambling
“Estoy loco por ti.” — I'm crazy for you.
Synonyms: chiflado, desquiciado, pirado, trastornado, alocado, arrebatado, atolondrado, imprudente
Uncertain.
Inherited from Old Spanish loco, perhaps from Andalusian Arabic لَوْقَاء (láwqa), from Arabic لَوْقَاء (lawqāʔ), feminine singular form of أَلْوَق (ʔalwaq, “stupid”), by reinterpreting the final Andalusian Arabic -a as the Ibero-Romance -a and back-forming the masculine with -o. Edward Roberts thinks the term is related to Arabic لَاق (lāq, “to soften”), but this verb is of root l-y-q, not l-w-q like أَلْوَق (ʔalwaq). Alternatively, derived from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “clear”
noun, masculine/ˈloko/plural: locos
a crazy person; a madman; dude, guy; a highly affected homosexual; fruit; a plant in the genus Astragalus or Oxytropis
“Ese es un loco; ten cuidado.” — He is a crazy man, be careful.
Synonyms: chiflado, chalado, cabra loca, tarambana, mi loco
Uncertain.
Inherited from Old Spanish loco, perhaps from Andalusian Arabic لَوْقَاء (láwqa), from Arabic لَوْقَاء (lawqāʔ), feminine singular form of أَلْوَق (ʔalwaq, “stupid”), by reinterpreting the final Andalusian Arabic -a as the Ibero-Romance -a and back-forming the masculine with -o. Edward Roberts thinks the term is related to Arabic لَاق (lāq, “to soften”), but this verb is of root l-y-q, not l-w-q like أَلْوَق (ʔalwaq). Alternatively, derived from Ancient Greek γλαυκός (glaukós, “clear”
noun, masculine/ˈloko/plural: locos
Chilean edible gastropod mollusk that resembles abalone but is, in fact, a muricid (Concholepas concholepas)
From Mapudungun [Term?].