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Example sentences for: loco
How can you use “loco” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Another good example of the life of a bato loco is “La Vida de un Bato Loco,” a short memoir written by an informant of Linda Katz, reproduced in her thesis on the pachuco language and culture written for a master’s degree at the University of California, Los Angeles.
The bato loco is tantamount to an archetype in Chicano culture; he is that crazy guy who isn’t afraid of life.
In Chicano communities, in-group chatter, and published literature one frequently comes across the expression bato loco, meaning a “crazy guy,” a “cool dude,” or a “wise guy.”
“La Vida de un Bato Loco,” written by an informant of Linda Katz and reproduced in her work, provides a good example of the literary uses of caló.
The bato loco, or vato loco, is the descendent of the pachuco and a close relation of today’s cholo (urban youth).