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fulano

so-and-so; some person whose name you don't know or won't saypersona cualquiera cuyo nombre no se sabe o no se quiere decir

Comes from Arabic

فُلَان

fulān

“such-and-such a person, so-and-so”«tal persona, fulano»

Arabic today says

فُلَان

fulān

And it still does

Root

ف ل ن

f-l-n

The article

It came in without the article.

The story

It is exactly the same word, used the same way: an Arab today says fulān to talk about someone without naming them.Es exactamente la misma palabra y se usa igual: un árabe dice hoy «fulān» para hablar de alguien sin nombrarlo.

In a sentence

Me lo contó fulano, no recuerdo quién.

So-and-so told me — I can't remember who.

أَخْبَرَنِي بِهِ فُلَان، لَا أَذْكُرُ مَنْ.

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