loa
Spanish, noun
loa is spelled L-O-A (3 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,619th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “praise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of loar. With an accent, loá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of loar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de loar”.
What does loa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepraise
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of loar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de loar. 2. Poema dramático de breve extensión en que se celebra, alegóricamente por lo común, a una persona ilustre o un acontecimiento fausto. 3. En el teatro antiguo, prólogo, introito, discurso o diálogo al iniciar la función, para dirigir alabanzas a la persona ilustre a quien estaba dedicada, entre otros fines. 4. Composición dramática breve, pero con acción y argumento, que se representaba antiguamente antes del poema dramático, sirviendo como preludio o introducción.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of loa
- loas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to loa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is loa in Spanish?
loa appears 2.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).