fulano
Appearance
See also: Fulano
Italian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fulano (feminine fulana, masculine plural fulani, feminine plural fulane)
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish fulano, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān). Doublet of fuão.
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: fu‧la‧no
Noun
[edit]fulano m (plural fulanos)
See also
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish fulano, fulán, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]fulano m (plural fulanos, feminine fulana, feminine plural fulanas)
- Alternative letter-case form of Fulano, what's-his-name, so-and-so
- (derogatory) guy, dude
- (derogatory) friend, buster, pal, buddy (sarcastic form of address used to warn someone)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “fulano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ano
- Rhymes:Spanish/ano/3 syllables
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