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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fuˈlɐ.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈlɐ.nu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fuˈla.nu/
- Hyphenation: Fu‧la‧no
Proper noun
Fulano m
- Alternative letter-case form of fulano (“so-and-so”)
- Fulano, Cicrano e Beltrano ― Tom, Dick and Harry
Spanish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈlano/ [fuˈla.no]
- Rhymes: -ano
- Syllabification: Fu‧la‧no
Proper noun
Fulano m (plural Fulanos, feminine Fulana, feminine plural Fulanas)
- Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so
- Fulano, Mengano y Zutano ― Tom, Dick and Harry
- Fulano de Tal ― John Doe
Descendants
- → Portuguese: fulano
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