mengano

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic من كان (man kān, “whoever”).

Noun

mengano m (plural menganos, feminine mengana, feminine plural menganas)

1. what's-his-name; so-and-so

   Synonyms: fulano, zutano

   fulano, mengano y zutano ― Tom, Dick and Harry

Usage notes

• Mengano is almost always used only in the expression fulano, mengano y zutano.

Further reading

• “mengano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10