hidalgo

hidalgo

See also: Hidalgo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo. Doublet of fidalgo.

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 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/

• Audio

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• 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 763899327, 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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Italian

Alternative forms

• idalgo (uncommon)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdal.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -alɡo

Noun

hidalgo m (plural hidalgos)

1. hidalgo

Further reading

• hidalgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Romanian

Etymology

From French hidalgo.

Noun

hidalgo m (uncountable)

1. hidalgo

Declension

declension of hidalgo (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hidalgo	hidalgoul
genitive/dative	(unui) hidalgo	hidalgoului
vocative	hidalgoule

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• hijodalgo

Etymology

From Old Spanish fidalgo, contracted from the also-attested fijo d'algo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdalɡo/ [iˈð̞al.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -alɡo
• Syllabification: hi‧dal‧go

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.

2. (Spain) drinking an entire glass of alcohol in one big gulp; to chug

   hacer un hidalgo ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   tomar una bebida de hidalgo ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

3. (Mexico) the final year that a public servant is in office

   el año de Hidalgo ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

4. (Mexico, colloquial) a 1000 Mexican peso bill (which displays Miguel Hidalgo)

Descendants

• English: hidalgo
• French: hidalgo

Derived terms

• Hidalgo

 

Further reading

• “hidalgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014