hidalgo
See also: Hidalgo
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo. Doublet of fidalgo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hidalgo (plural hidalgos or hidalgoes)
- 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.
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Translations edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hidalgo m (plural hidalgos)
- 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 Cie, 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 edit
- “hidalgo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hidalgo m (plural hidalgos)
Further reading edit
- hidalgo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
hidalgo m (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of hidalgo (singular only)
singular | ||
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m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) hidalgo | hidalgoul |
genitive/dative | (unui) hidalgo | hidalgoului |
vocative | hidalgoule |
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish fidalgo, contracted from the also-attested fijo d'algo. Compare Portuguese and Galician fidalgo.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
hidalgo (feminine hidalga, masculine plural hidalgos, feminine plural hidalgas)
Noun edit
hidalgo m (plural hidalgos, feminine hidalga, feminine plural hidalgas)
- noble, nobleman
- 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, Don Quixote, capitúlo I:
- 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.
- (Spain) drinking an entire glass of alcohol in one big gulp; to chug
- hacer un hidalgo ― chug (a beer or other alcoholic drink)
- tomar una bebida de hidalgo ― guzzle down a drink
- (Mexico) the final year that a public servant is in office
- el año de Hidalgo ― final year in office, lame duck year
- (Mexico, colloquial) a 1000 Mexican peso bill (which displays Miguel Hidalgo)
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Further reading edit
- “hidalgo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014