zutano

From Old Spanish *citano, from Latin *scitanus, from scitus (“known one”), from scire (“to know”) (not related to Spanish saber (“to know”)).

• IPA^(key): /θuˈtano/ [θuˈt̪a.no] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /suˈtano/ [suˈt̪a.no] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: zu‧ta‧no

zutano m (plural zutanos, feminine zutana, feminine plural zutanas)

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

   Synonyms: fulano, mengano

   fulano, mengano y zutano ― Tom, Dick and Harry

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