fulano

m.

so-and-so, John Doe, somebody or other, what-d'ye-call-him.

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fulano

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 so-and-so (hombre) what's his name; (mujer) what's her name

► nombre masculino fulano

1 familiar peyorativo guy, GB bloke

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FRASEOLOGÍA

Don Fulano de tal Mr so-and-so

Doña Fulana de tal Mrs so-and-so

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fulano

► nombre masculino

1 familiar peyorativo guy, GB bloke

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-na masculino, femenino

a) (fam) (persona cualquiera) so-and-so

don fulano de tal — Mr so-and-so

siempre tiene que invitar a fulano, mengano, zutano (y perengano) — she always invites every Tom, Dick, and Harry

b) fulano masculino (fam) (tipo) guy (colloq)

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= nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.

Ex. Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

Ex. Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.

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* cualquier fulano = any Tom, Dick or Harry.

* fulano de tal = so-and-so.

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-na masculino, femenino

a) (fam) (persona cualquiera) so-and-so

don fulano de tal — Mr so-and-so

siempre tiene que invitar a fulano, mengano, zutano (y perengano) — she always invites every Tom, Dick, and Harry

b) fulano masculino (fam) (tipo) guy (colloq)

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= nomen nescio [N.N.], Tom, Dick and Harry.

Ex: Nomen nescio, abbreviated to N.N., is used to signify an anonymous or non-specific person.

Ex: Before you lend cash to Tom, Dick and Harry, be sure you know what you're doing or else your friendship will be worth zilch.

* cualquier fulano = any Tom, Dick or Harry.

* fulano de tal = so-and-so.

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fulano -na

masculine, feminine

1 (fam) (persona cualquiera) so-and-so

al final recibí una carta de don fulano de tal del departamento de ventas finally I got a letter from a Mr so-and-so o a Mr somebody-or-other in the sales department

no paraba de hablar: que si fulanito hizo esto, que si menganita lo otro … she wouldn't stop talking: so-and-so did this, what's-her-name did that …

ver tb fulana

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fulano masculine (fam) (tipo) guy (colloq), bloke (BrE colloq)

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fulano

◊ -na sustantivo masculino, femenino (fam) (persona cualquiera) so-and-so;

don fulano de tal Mr so-and-so
■ sustantivo masculino (fam) (tipo) guy (colloq)
fulano,-a m,f (sustituyendo el nombre) so-and-so
Don Fulano de tal, Mr So-and-so

'fulano' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fulana
- zutana
- zutano
English:
so-and-so
- you-know-who
- so

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fulano, -a

♦ nm,f

[hombre] so-and-so, what's-his-name; [mujer] so-and-so, what's-her-name;

siempre se queja, que si fulano no le habla, que si mengano le molesta… she's always complaining, either it's someone who won't talk to her, or someone's bothering her…;

(don) fulano de tal Br Joe Bloggs, US John Doe

♦ nm

Br bloke, US guy;

vino un fulano preguntando por ti there was a Br bloke o US guy looking for you

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fulano

m so-and-so

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fulano, -na n

: so-and-so, what's-his-name, what's-her-name

fulano, mengano, y zutano: Tom, Dick, and Harry

señora fulana de tal: Mrs. so-and-so

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fulano n so and so