fulo

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.lu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.lu/

• Rhymes: -ulu
• Hyphenation: fu‧lo

Adjective

fulo (feminine fula, masculine plural fulos, feminine plural fulas)

1. (informal) furious

Further reading

• “fulo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fulo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfulo/ [ˈfu.lo]
• Rhymes: -ulo
• Syllabification: fu‧lo

Adjective

fulo (feminine fula, masculine plural fulos, feminine plural fulas)

1. (Panama) blond, blonde

   Synonym: rubio

Further reading

• “fulo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

West Makian

Etymology

May be related to Ternate huda, Tidore hula (“sago”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸu.l̪o/

Noun

fulo

1. papeda, sago porridge

   kalu fulo ― to stir sago porridge

References

• James Collins (1982), Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[1], Pacific linguistics