"fulano" meaning in Portuguese

See fulano in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /fuˈlɐ̃.nu/ [Brazil], /fuˈlɐ̃.nu/ [Brazil], /fuˈlɐ.no/ [Southern-Brazil], /fuˈlɐ.nu/ [Portugal], /fuˈlɐ.nu/ [Portugal], /fuˈla.nu/ [Northern, Portugal] Forms: fulanos [plural], Fulano [alternative]
Etymology: From Arabic فُلَان (fulān), like Spanish fulano. Etymology templates: {{der|pt|ar|فُلَان}} Arabic فُلَان (fulān), {{der|pt|es|fulano}} Spanish fulano Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} fulano m (plural fulanos)
  1. what's-his-name; so-and-so Tags: masculine Related terms: beltrano, sicrano
    Sense id: en-fulano-pt-noun-0DfPhL-s Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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  "hyphenation": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "word": "beltrano"
        },
        {
          "word": "sicrano"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ̃.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ̃.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ.no/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈla.nu/",
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        "Northern",
        "Portugal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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  ],
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "pt",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "beltrano"
    },
    {
      "word": "sicrano"
    }
  ],
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        "Portuguese lemmas",
        "Portuguese masculine nouns",
        "Portuguese nouns",
        "Portuguese placeholder terms",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Portuguese terms derived from Spanish",
        "Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
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      ],
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          "what's-his-name"
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        [
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          "so-and-so"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ̃.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ.no/",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-Brazil"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ.nu/",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlɐ.nu/",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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  ],
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}

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