hidalgo

See also: Hidalgo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪˈdælɡəʊ/, (hispanicized) /ɪˈdɑːlɡəʊ/

Noun

hidalgo (plural hidalgos or hidalgoes)

1. A member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title.
   • 1889: W. S. Gilbert, The Gondoliers, Act I

     The young man seems to entertain but an imperfect appreciation of the respect due from a menial to a Castilian hidalgo.

Derived terms

• hidalgoish
• hidalgoism

Translations

member of the Spanish nobility

• Esperanto: hidalgo, nobelido
• Italian: idalgo m
• Portuguese: fidalgo (pt) m
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• Spanish: hidalgo (es) m
• Ukrainian: іда́льго (idálʹho)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.dal.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: hidalgos

Noun

hidalgo m (plural hidalgos)

1. hidalgo
   • 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter I, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et C^ie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC, page 59:

     Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo, de ceux qui ont lance au râtelier, rondache antique, bidet maigre et lévrier de chasse.

     In a village of La Mancha, whose name I don't want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo, of the type that have a lance on the rack, an antique rondache, a meagre horse and a hunting hound.

Further reading

• “hidalgo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• hijodalgo
• fidalgo (obsolete)

Etymology

Contraction of hijo de algo; see hijodalgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdalɡo/ [iˈð̞al.ɣ̞o]

Adjective

hidalgo (feminine hidalga, masculine plural hidalgos, feminine plural hidalgas)

1. noble

Noun

hidalgo m (plural hidalgos, feminine hidalga, feminine plural hidalgas)

1. noble, nobleman
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, “Capítulo I”, in El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte:

     En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiero acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivía un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adarga antigua, rocín flaco y galgo corredor.

     In a village of La Mancha, of whose name I don't want to remember, lived, not long ago, a nobleman, of the type with a lance on the rack, an antique rondache, a meagre horse and a hunting hound.

Descendants

• English: hidalgo
• French: hidalgo

Further reading

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