fidalgo

== English == === Etymology === From Portuguese fidalgo. Doublet of hidalgo. === Noun === fidalgo (plural fidalgos or fidalgoes) (now historical) A Portuguese nobleman. === Further reading === fidalgo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Galician == === Alternative forms === fillodalgo === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese fidalgo, either a borrowing or a calque from Old Spanish fidalgo, shortened form from fi'd'algo (literally “son of wealth”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fiˈðalɣo̝/ === Noun === fidalgo m (plural fidalgos) (historical) the lowest rank of the nobility in the Kingdom of Galicia, corresponding to that of hidalgo in Castille 1417, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez (eds.), El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro (Publicacións do Seminario de Estudios Galegos), page 585: ==== Derived terms ==== Fidalgo Fidalguía === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fidalgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fidalgo”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fidalgo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fidalgo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === From filho (“son”) +‎ d' (“of”) +‎ algo (“something”), meaning "person of property/wealth". Cognate with Old Spanish fidalgo. === Noun === fidalgo m (plural fidalgos, feminine fidalga, feminine plural fidalgas) nobleman the lowest rank of the nobility in the Kingdom of Galicia ==== Descendants ==== Galician: fidalgo Portuguese: fidalgo === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "fidalgo" == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Contraction of fijo d'algo, literally “son of something / of wealth”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hiˈdalɡo/ === Noun === fidalgo m hidalgo ==== Descendants ==== Spanish: hidalgo == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese fidalgo, shortened from fillo d'algo (literally “son of something”), meaning "person of property/wealth". Compare Spanish hidalgo (Old Spanish fidalgo). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal) -alɡu, (Brazil) -awɡu Hyphenation: fi‧dal‧go === Noun === fidalgo m (plural fidalgos, feminine fidalga, feminine plural fidalgas) nobleman ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “fidalgo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fidalgo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “fidalgo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026