o zé

guy, fellow

z ɛ

noun · masculine Rare #39,549

guy, fellow Informal; can also be used as a generic name for an ordinary or unknown man.

PO: Aquele zé esqueceu as chaves de novo.

EN: That guy forgot his keys again.

Ela se casou com um zé-ninguém.

She married a nobody.

Não, um zé-ninguém estaria fora da cozinha.

No, a nobody would be out of the kitchen.

— Ratatouille (2007)

Está namorando algum zé-mané?

Are you dating some loser?

— Suzume (2022)

Que atitude de algumas zé-ninguém.

What an attitude from some nobodies.

— Perfect Blue (1998)

Sounds similar to

né n ɛ fé f ɛ pé p ɛ ré ʁ ɛ