Fulano

See also: fulano

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Fulano, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלוני. Displaced Old Galician-Portuguese Foão.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈlɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈlɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /fuˈlɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈlɐ.nu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈlɐ.nu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fuˈla.nu/

• Hyphenation: Fu‧la‧no

Proper noun

Fulano m

1. Alternative letter-case form of fulano (“so-and-so”)

   Fulano, Cicrano e Beltrano ― Tom, Dick and Harry

Spanish

Alternative forms

• fulano

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלוני.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈlano/ [fuˈla.no]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: Fu‧la‧no

Proper noun

Fulano m (plural Fulanos, feminine Fulana, feminine plural Fulanas)

1. Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so

   Fulano, Mengano y Zutano ― Tom, Dick and Harry

   Fulano de Tal ― John Doe

Coordinate terms

• Fulano
• Mengano
• Perengano
• Zutano

Descendants

• → Portuguese: fulano