English

Map of Mexico highlighting Hidalgo

Proper noun

Hidalgo

1. A state of Mexico.

Translations

See also

• Hidalgo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Spanish

Etymology

Named after the Mexican independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

Proper noun

Hidalgo m

1. A state of Mexico.

Related terms

• hidalguense

See also

• Hidalgo on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

English

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

French

Etymology

From Spanish.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /i.dal.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -o
• Homophone: hidalgos

Noun

hidalgo m ‎(plural hidalgos)

1. hidalgo
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume 1, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:

     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.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• hijodalgo
• fidalgo (obsolete)

Etymology

Shortened from hijo de algo; see hijodalgo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈðalɡo/

Adjective

hidalgo m ‎(feminine singular hidalga, masculine plural hidalgos, feminine plural hidalgas)

1. noble

Noun

hidalgo m ‎(plural hidalgos, feminine hidalga)

1. noble, nobleman
   • 1605, Miguel de Cervantes, El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha, Primera parte, Capítulo 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.