locura
Spanish, noun/loˈkuɾa/
locura is spelled L-O-C-U-R-A (6 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,450th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Locura is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “madness, craziness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Trastorno de la razón, desorden mental, generalmente endógeno, que hace que un individuo actúe en contra de…”.
What does locura mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemadness, craziness
- 2
femininean act of madness (i.e., an act based on a lack of judgement or reasoning; an act causing surprise due to its anomalous nature)
- 3
femininenuts, crazy, insane (translatable as an interjection)
Eso es una locura!
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trastorno de la razón, desorden mental, generalmente endógeno, que hace que un individuo actúe en contra de las exigencias o necesidades sociales y legales de la sociedad en la que vive. 2. Acto temerario, desatinado, imprudente. 3. Acción extravagante, sorprendente, fuera de lo normal. 4. Pasión desmedida, cariño sin límites.
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 locura
- locuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce locura?
- /loˈkuɾa/
- [loˈku.ɾa]
- [loˈkuɾa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to locura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is locura in Spanish?
locura appears 35 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).