fidalgo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Portuguese fidalgo. Compare hidalgo.
Noun edit
fidalgo (plural fidalgos or fidalgoes)
- (now historical) A Portuguese nobleman.
- 2003, Peter Robb, A Death in Brazil, Bloomsbury, published 2005, page 25:
- The blacks and the bastards were so many and the honorable white fidalgos so few.
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese fidalgo, either a borrowing or a calque from Old Spanish fidalgo, shortened form from fi'd'algo (literally “son of wealth”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fidalgo m (plural fidalgos)
- (historical) the lowest rank of the nobility in the Kingdom of Galicia, corresponding to that of hidalgo in Castille
- 1348, E. Cal Pardo, editor, Colección diplomática medieval do arquivo da catedral de Mondoñedo, Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 147:
- o dito Johan Fernandes de Bolanno commo homme fillodalgo feso menage enna mao de Fernan Peres de Çepeda por lo dito castello asy commo fase fidalgo a fidalgo
- the aforementioned Xoán Fernandez de Bolaño, as a nobleman, did homage to Fernán Pérez de Cepeda, because of the mentioned castle, as a nobleman does to another nobleman
- 1417, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro (Publicacións do Seminario de Estudios Galegos), page 585:
- que se el acordaua que vyra morar en a dita granja et pousa da Torre escudeyros et omes fidalgos et vilaaos, et que nunca eles nin alguos deles pagaron pedidos ne moedas ni outros trabutos alguus aos Reys de Castela.
- [...] that he remembered how he saw squires and noblemen and villeins dwelling in that farm and inn of the tower, and that never them or any of them paid petitions or taxes or any tribute to the Kings of Castille
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “fidalgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “fidalgo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “fidalgo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “fidalgo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Old Galician-Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From filho (“son”) + d' (“of”) + algo (“something”), meaning "person of property/wealth". Cognate with Old Spanish fidalgo.
Noun edit
fidalgo m (plural fidalgos, feminine fidalga, feminine plural fidalgas)
- nobleman
- the lowest rank of the nobility in the Kingdom of Galicia
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
Old Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Contraction of fijo d'algo, literally "son of something / of wealth".
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fidalgo m
- hidalgo
- c. 1237, anonymous, Libro de los doce sabios, o Tratado de la nobleza y lealtad p. 87, (ed. by John K. Walsh, 1975, Madrid: Real Academia Española):
- Largo deve de ser el rey o prínçipe o regidor de reyno a los nobles e fidalgos e de buen linage e a los otros que bien obraren e alguna fazaña e nobleza de caballería fezieren o en otras cosas bien e lealmente lo sirvieren
- A king or prince or ruler of a kingdom must be generous with the nobles who are both hidalgos and of good descent, and to those who carry out good deeds and some feat or act of chivalry, or who in other aspects serve him well and loyally.
- Largo deve de ser el rey o prínçipe o regidor de reyno a los nobles e fidalgos e de buen linage e a los otros que bien obraren e alguna fazaña e nobleza de caballería fezieren o en otras cosas bien e lealmente lo sirvieren
Descendants edit
- Spanish: hidalgo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fidalgo, shortened from fillo d'algo (literally “son of something”), meaning "person of property/wealth". Compare Spanish hidalgo (Old Spanish fidalgo).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fidalgo m (plural fidalgos, feminine fidalga, feminine plural fidalgas)