louco

Meaning

Adj

1. crazy, mad, insane (of unsound mind)
2. crazy (very unexpected; wildly surprising)

Noun

1. (masculine) a madman, a crazy person
2. (masculine) a man, a guy, a chap, a fellow

Concepts

crazy

mad

insane

madman

lunatic

nuts

psycho

aberrant

sick

🤢

daft

unhinged

barmy

wild

nut

harebrained

haywire

imbecilic

insanity

loon

loony

maniac

meaningless

nonsensical

nutty

psychotic

raving mad

senseless

silly

unbalanced

wacky

cracky

mad as a March hare

psychotic person

one card shy of a full deck

abalienated

abnormal

absurd

batty

brainsick

crackers

demented

deviant

disturbed

eccentric

fool

foolish

freak

freakish

Synonyms

doido

maluco

insano

psicótico

demente

psicopata

animal

🐾

louca

débil mental

embriagado

tolo

irado

maníaco

Translations

loco

fou

pazzo

gek

boig

verrückt

matto

wahnsinnig

τρελός

waanzinnig

folle

folle

toll

deli

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlo(w).ku/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: louco

Cognate with Spanish: loco

Cognate with Sicilian: loccu

In summary

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese louco, possibly from Andalusian Arabic لَوَق (lawaq, “stupidity”), from Arabic لاق (lāq, “to soften”). Compare Galician louco, Spanish loco and Sicilian loccu.