# hidalgo
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo. Doublet of fidalgo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɪˈdælɡəʊ/, (hispanicized) /ɪˈdɑːlɡəʊ/

### Noun

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.

#### Derived terms

* hidalgoish
* hidalgoism

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Hidalgo (nobility) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /i.dal.ɡo/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -o
* Homophone: hidalgos

### Noun

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 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: /iˈdal.ɡo/
* Rhymes: -alɡo

### Noun

hidalgo m (plural hidalgos)
* 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)
* hidalgo

#### Declension
## 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: /iˈdalɡo/ [iˈð̞al.ɣ̞o]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -alɡo
* Syllabification: hi‧dal‧go

### Adjective

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

### Noun

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

#### 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