"Fulano" meaning in Spanish

See Fulano in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /fuˈlano/, [fuˈla.no] Forms: Fulanos [plural], Fulana [feminine], Fulanas [feminine, plural], fulano [alternative]
Rhymes: -ano Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלני. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|ar|فُلَان}} Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), {{cog|he|פלני}} Hebrew פלני Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} Fulano m (plural Fulanos, feminine Fulana, feminine plural Fulanas)
  1. Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so Tags: masculine Coordinate_terms: Mengano, Perengano, Zutano
    Sense id: en-Fulano-es-name-UNTo3NUp Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fulano"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فُلَان"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "פלני"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew פלני",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלני.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Fulanos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fulana",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fulanas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulano",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Fulano m (plural Fulanos, feminine Fulana, feminine plural Fulanas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Fu‧la‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Fu‧la‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "Mengano"
        },
        {
          "word": "Perengano"
        },
        {
          "word": "Zutano"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Tom, Dick and Harry",
          "text": "Fulano, Mengano y Zutano",
          "translation": "Tom, Dick and Harry",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "John Doe",
          "text": "Fulano de Tal",
          "translation": "John Doe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so"
      ],
      "id": "en-Fulano-es-name-UNTo3NUp",
      "links": [
        [
          "Joe Schmoe",
          "Joe Schmoe"
        ],
        [
          "what's-his-name",
          "what's-his-name"
        ],
        [
          "so-and-so",
          "so-and-so"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlano/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fuˈla.no]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ano"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulano"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "Mengano"
    },
    {
      "word": "Perengano"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zutano"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "fulano"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "فُلَان"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "he",
        "2": "פלני"
      },
      "expansion": "Hebrew פלני",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Arabic فُلَان (fulān), cognate to Hebrew פלני.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Fulanos",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fulana",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Fulanas",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fulano",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "f": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Fulano m (plural Fulanos, feminine Fulana, feminine plural Fulanas)",
      "name": "es-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Fu‧la‧no"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "Fu‧la‧no"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ano",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ano/3 syllables",
        "Spanish 3-syllable words",
        "Spanish countable nouns",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish masculine nouns",
        "Spanish nouns",
        "Spanish proper nouns",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from Arabic",
        "Spanish terms derived from Arabic",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Spanish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Tom, Dick and Harry",
          "text": "Fulano, Mengano y Zutano",
          "translation": "Tom, Dick and Harry",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              6
            ]
          ],
          "english": "John Doe",
          "text": "Fulano de Tal",
          "translation": "John Doe",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Joe Schmoe, what's-his-name, so-and-so"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Joe Schmoe",
          "Joe Schmoe"
        ],
        [
          "what's-his-name",
          "what's-his-name"
        ],
        [
          "so-and-so",
          "so-and-so"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fuˈlano/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fuˈla.no]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ano"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Fulano"
}

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