"fulano" meaning in Spanish

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Proper name

IPA: /fuˈlano/, [fuˈla.no] Forms: fulanos [plural], fulana [feminine], fulanas [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -ano Etymology: Inherited from Old Spanish fulano, fulán, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|es|osp|fulano|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Spanish fulano, {{inh+|es|osp|fulano}} Inherited from Old Spanish fulano, {{m|osp|fulán}} fulán, {{der|es|ar|فُلَان}} Arabic فُلَان (fulān) Head templates: {{es-noun|m|f=+}} fulano m (plural fulanos, feminine fulana, feminine plural fulanas)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Fulano, what's-his-name, so-and-so Tags: alt-of, masculine Alternative form of: Fulano, what's-his-name, so-and-so
    Sense id: en-fulano-es-name-~RfDVXsq
  2. (derogatory) guy, dude Tags: derogatory, masculine
    Sense id: en-fulano-es-name-VpDQ~atb
  3. (derogatory) friend, buster, pal, buddy (sarcastic form of address used to warn someone) Tags: derogatory, masculine
    Sense id: en-fulano-es-name-HlfYGaxE Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 28 4 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fulanito

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fulano meaning in Spanish (2.5kB)

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