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hidalgo

UK/hɪˈdælɡəʊ/

hidalgo noun: a member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title.

hidalgo: a member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title
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Noun

hidalgo (plural hidalgos or hidalgoes)

  1. A member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title.
    • The young man seems to entertain but an imperfect appreciation of the respect due from a menial to a Castilian hidalgo.1889, W. S. Gilbert, The Gondoliers, act I

Proper noun capitalized: Hidalgo

Hidalgo (countable and uncountable, plural Hidalgos)

  1. A state of Mexico.
  2. (abbreviation, ellipsis) Ellipsis of Hidalgo County.
  3. (countable) A surname from Spanish.
    • Speaker after speaker, gathered in the courtyard of the Chateau de Blois, turned to Ms. Hidalgo to say they dreamed of a “Madame la Présidente,” stressing the last “e”-accentuated syllable denoting the feminine form. Up to now, the Fifth Republic has produced eight male “présidents” over six...2021 September 2, Roger Cohen, “The French Left Is in Disarray, but Here Comes Anne Hidalgo”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2021
  4. the asteroid (944) Hidalgo
  5. A barangay of Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines.

Forms of hidalgo

Noun
pluralhidalgos
pluralhidalgoes
Proper noun
pluralHidalgos

Plural of hidalgo: hidalgos or hidalgoes

Origin of hidalgo

Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo. Doublet of fidalgo.

Borrowed from Spanish Hidalgo, from Spanish hidalgo, from Old Spanish fijo d'algo (“son of something”). The Mexican state is named after independence leader Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla.

Words formed from hidalgo

Questions about hidalgo

What does hidalgo mean?
Hidalgo means a member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title.
What part of speech is hidalgo?
Hidalgo can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hidalgo?
Hidalgo is pronounced /hɪˈdælɡəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of hidalgo?
The plural of hidalgo is hidalgos.

Words near hidalgo in the dictionary

  1. Hidalcan
  2. Hidalcans
  3. hidalga
  4. hidalgas
  5. hidalgism
  6. hidalgo
  7. Hidalgo County
  8. hidalgoes
  9. hidalgoish
  10. hidalgoism
  11. hidalgoite

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