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Old December 01, 2009, 11:11 AM
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En inglés puedo decir "The Fulanos" cuando refiero a todos los miembros de una familia. ¿En el español digo "Los Fulano" o "Los Fulanos"?
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Old December 01, 2009, 11:24 AM
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"Los Fulano". Do you say "Fulano y Mengano" in English?

Los López, los Aribarreta, los del Pino, los García, etc.

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Old December 01, 2009, 11:38 AM
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"Fulano, Sutano, y Mengano" = "Tom, Dick, and Harry".
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Old December 01, 2009, 11:50 AM
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Thanks, Hermit

Sotano or Zutano (more common than Sutano)
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Old December 01, 2009, 11:54 AM
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Yes, Irmamar, I've seen it spelled con Zeta as well.

I hadn't happened to come across "Sotano", though, thanks for the info.
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:02 PM
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Anyway, he doesn't exist
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:13 PM
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One my grandfather used to say: "Fulano, Zutano, Mengano y Perengano" (or "Perencejo", depending on his mood)

I agree with Irma: It's the family name without a plural.

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Old December 01, 2009, 12:15 PM
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Perengano también me suena
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:17 PM
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Perengano también me suena
A mi no. Yo me sueno solo.
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:21 PM
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A mi no. Yo me sueno solo.
¿Cómo lo dices tú? ¿Y en inglés?
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:22 PM
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¿Cómo lo dices tú? ¿Y en inglés?
Tendrías que escucharme y te morirías de la risa.
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:23 PM
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Tendrías que escucharme y te morirías de la risa.
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:25 PM
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Sin ponerse colorá' pue' 'iñora. (bien chileno)
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Old December 01, 2009, 12:32 PM
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Sin ponerse colorá' pue' 'iñora. (bien chileno)
Ya estoy curada de espantos yo.

Bueno, ¿y cómo se dice en inglés "me suena alguien", "me suena su cara" o "esta música me suena de algo"?
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¡Ja! ¿Será como "to blow one's nose"?
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Ya estoy curada de espantos yo.

Bueno, ¿y cómo se dice en inglés "me suena alguien", "me suena su cara" o "esta música me suena de algo"?
To ring a bell...

That face or music rings a bell. (it reminds me of...it sure looks familiar, etc.)

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That word Fulanos and Meganos here in my country Mexico is more that an insult, you can exchange that word for another one, you could to say that people or that Family instead of Fulanos, already that I think that it sound truly bad.
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I don't understand. What is bad about those names?
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The happen is that the word Fulanos is mostly a great insult here in my country, you can't arrive and say the Fulano family makes a party.

Commonly it you could exchange the word Fulano for another more polite than the before one.

I mean, I suggesting you that you use the word the last name of the family in the case.

I hope yo can understand me.


It's misunderstand in another countries.
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I don't understand. What is bad about those names?
It's a pejorative word...
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