louco
Portuguese, noun/ˈlo(w).ku/
louco is spelled L-O-U-C-O (5 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,644th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Louco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a madman, a crazy person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que sofre de loucura, maluco, demente”.
What does louco mean in English?
adjective
- 1
crazy, mad, insane (of unsound mind)
- 2
crazy (very unexpected; wildly surprising)
noun
- 1
masculinea madman, a crazy person
De médico e de louco, todo o mundo tem um pouco.
- 2
masculinea man, a guy, a chap, a fellow
Tu viu o que aquele louco fez?
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que perdeu a razão, maluco, demente, vesano, amente 2. apaixonado, arrebatado 3. brincalhão 4. de cabeça perdida, furioso
noun: 1. o que sofre de loucura, maluco, demente 2. uma das cartas do tarô
noun: 1. gordura, substância 2. recurso, sortido de cousas materiais ou imateriais que se utilizam para chegar a um fim, energia, substância 3. vasilha
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of louco
- louca feminine
- loucos masculine plural
- loucas feminine plural
- loco alternative slang
- loko alternative slang
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce louco?
- Brazil /ˈlo(w).ku/
- Brazil [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ku]
- Portugal /ˈlo(w).ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to louco
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is louco in Portuguese?
louco appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).