hidalgo

See also: Hidalgo

English

A sixteenth-century French depiction of a hidalgo with a Black servant

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)

Further reading

• Hidalgo (nobility) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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, 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.

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hidalgo.

Noun

hidalgo m (uncountable)

1. hidalgo

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hidalgo	hidalgoul
genitive-dative	hidalgo	hidalgoului
vocative	hidalgoule

Spanish

Alternative forms

• hijodalgo

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fidalgo, contracted from the also-attested fijo d'algo (literally “son of something”). Compare Portuguese and Galician fidalgo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈdalɡo/ [iˈð̞al.ɣ̞o]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• 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 ― chug (a beer or other alcoholic drink)

   tomar una bebida de hidalgo ― guzzle down a drink

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

   el año de Hidalgo ― final year in office, lame duck year

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10