Loco — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈoʊkoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈəʊkəʊ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈəʊkəʊ/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈoʊkoʊ/.

Examples

it used to drive my husband balmy

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dotty loony whacky nutty bats cracked buggy balmy daft crackers barmy around the bend nuts bonkers batty fruity round the bend kooky kookie loopy haywire wacky

Parts of Speech

adjective

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

“it used to drive my husband balmy”

Word Forms

daftness	noun	informal terms for insanity
kook	noun	someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
loon	noun	a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Lok

informelle oder umgangssprachliche Bezeichnungen für geistig unregelmäßig

🇫🇷French

locomotive

termes informels ou d'argot pour désigner les irréguliers mentaux

🇪🇸Spanish

locomotora

Términos informales o de jerga para referirse a personas mentalmente irregulares.

🇵🇹Portuguese

louco

termos informais ou de gíria para pessoas mentalmente irregulares

🇷🇺Russian

локомотив

неофициальные или жаргонные термины, обозначающие психически ненормальные

India

🇮🇳Hindi

रेल का इंजन

मानसिक रूप से अनियमित के लिए अनौपचारिक या कठबोली शब्द

🇧🇩Bengali

লোকো

মানসিকভাবে অনিয়মিত জন্য অনানুষ্ঠানিক বা অপবাদ পদ

🇮🇳Tamil

லோகோ

மனரீதியாக ஒழுங்கற்றவர்களுக்கான முறைசாரா அல்லது ஸ்லாங் சொற்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

లోకో

మానసిక క్రమరాహిత్యం కోసం అనధికారిక లేదా యాస పదాలు

🇮🇳Marathi

लोको

मानसिकदृष्ट्या अनियमित साठी अनौपचारिक किंवा अपशब्द

🇮🇳Gujarati

લોકો

માનસિક રીતે અનિયમિત માટે અનૌપચારિક અથવા અશિષ્ટ શબ્દો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಲೋಕೋ

ಮಾನಸಿಕವಾಗಿ ಅನಿಯಮಿತವಾಗಿರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಅನೌಪಚಾರಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಗ್ರಾಮ್ಯ ಪದಗಳು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ലോക്കോ

മാനസിക ക്രമക്കേടിനുള്ള അനൗപചാരിക അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്ലാംഗ് പദങ്ങൾ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲੋਕੋ

ਮਾਨਸਿਕ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਅਨਿਯਮਿਤ ਲਈ ਗੈਰ ਰਸਮੀ ਜਾਂ ਅਸ਼ਲੀਲ ਸ਼ਬਦ

🇵🇰Urdu

لوکو

ذہنی طور پر بے قاعدہ کے لیے غیر رسمی یا بول چال کی اصطلاحات

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疯子

表示精神不正常的非正式或俚语

🇯🇵Japanese

ロコ

精神的に異常であることを表す非公式または俗語

🇰🇷Korean

미친

정신적으로 불규칙하다는 뜻의 비공식적이거나 속어

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đầu máy

thuật ngữ không chính thức hoặc tiếng lóng cho tinh thần bất thường

🇹🇭Thai

บ้า

คำศัพท์ที่ไม่เป็นทางการหรือคำสแลงสำหรับความผิดปกติทางจิต

🇮🇩Indonesian

bergerak

istilah informal atau slang untuk mental yang tidak teratur

🇵🇭Filipino

loko

impormal o balbal na mga termino para sa mentally irregular

Middle East

🇮🇷Persian

لوکو

اصطلاحات غیررسمی یا عامیانه برای ذهنی نامنظم

🇹🇷Turkish

lokomotif

Zihinsel düzensizlik için resmi olmayan veya argo terimler

🇮🇱Hebrew

קַטָר

מונחים לא רשמיים או סלנגים עבור לא סדיר נפשית

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