loquear
Spanish, verb/lokeˈaɾ/
loquear is spelled L-O-Q-U-E-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish, the 335,022nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to act foolishly or crazy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estar loco/a”.
What does loquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to act foolishly or crazy
verb
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Estar loco/a 2. Hurgar en todos los sitios buscando cosas que se toman por extraviadas.
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 loquear
- loqueo first-person present singular
- loqueé first-person preterite singular
- loqueado participle past
- loqueando gerund
- loqueada feminine participle past
- loqueados masculine participle past
- loqueadas feminine participle past
- loqueas indicative informal present
- loqueás indicative informal present
- loquea indicative present singular
- loqueamos first-person indicative plural
- loqueáis indicative plural present
- loquean indicative plural present
- loqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- loqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- loqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- loqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- loqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loquear?
- /lokeˈaɾ/
- [lo.keˈaɾ]
- [lokeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is loquear in Spanish?
loquear appears about once in every 95 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).