hidalgo

noble

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

noble, nobleman; drinking an entire glass of alcohol in one big gulp; to chug; the final year that a public servant is in office; a 1000 Mexican peso bill (which displays Miguel Hidalgo)

“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.

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