Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To poison with the loco plant; to affect with locoism.

  2. (broadly, colloquial, transitive)To render insane.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Are you loco?

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  2. I think we're all a bit loco.

    Думаю, ми всі трохи божевільні. — deniko

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  3. Some take their role as in loco parentis a little too far.

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  4. You've gone loco.

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Origin

From Spanish loco (“insane, crazy; loose”).

From Spanish loco (“insane, crazy; loose”).

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Forms

locos, locoing, locoed, locoed
Base formloco · to loco
3rd person singularlocos
Present participlelocoing
Past simplelocoed
Past participlelocoed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyloco
he, she, itlocos

Past simpleLesson

all personslocoed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave locoed
he, she, ithas locoed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill loco

Word family

1 related words
Relatedlocoism

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lockdownlockerlocketlocksmithlocomotionC2locomotiveC2locust
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