fulán

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Spanish fulán, from Arabic فُلَان (fulān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fuˈlaŋ]

Proper noun

fulán m (plural fuláns, feminine fulana, feminine plural fulanas)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Fulán, what's-his-name, so-and-so
2. (derogatory) guy, dude

   Synonym: aqueloutro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fulán”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega