fulano

See also: Fulano

Italian

Adjective

fulano (feminine fulana, masculine plural fulani, feminine plural fulane)

1. (relational) Fula

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Fulano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish fulano, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān). Doublet of fuão.

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

Noun

fulano m (plural fulanos)

1. what's-his-name; so-and-so

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fulano, fulán, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

fulano m (plural fulanos, feminine fulana, feminine plural fulanas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Fulano, what's-his-name, so-and-so
2. (derogatory) guy, dude
3. (derogatory) friend, buster, pal, buddy (sarcastic form of address used to warn someone)

Derived terms

• fulanito

 

Further reading

• “fulano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014