joão-ninguém

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˌɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡẽj̃/ [ʒoˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃], /ʒuˌɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡẽj̃/ [ʒʊˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʒwɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡẽj̃/ [ˌʒwɐ̃ʊ̯̃.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˌɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡẽj̃/ [ʒoˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃], /ʒuˌɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡẽj̃/ [ʒʊˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃], (faster pronunciation) /ˌʒwɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡẽj̃/ [ˌʒwɐ̃ʊ̯̃.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒoˌɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡẽj̃/ [ʒoˌɐ̃ʊ̯̃.nĩˈɡẽɪ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌʒwɐ̃w̃.nĩˈɡɐ̃j̃/

• Hyphenation: jo‧ão‧nin‧guém

Noun

joão-ninguém m (plural joões-ninguém or joãos-ninguém)

1. zero; random; nobody (person of little importance)

   Synonyms: fulano, sicrano, beltrano, zé-ninguém, leguelhé, borra-botas

Further reading

• “joão-ninguém”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026