fidalgo — meaning in English

English meaning

• august adj Deeply respected and impressive; dignified and grand.
• gentleman noun A polite, well-mannered, or honorable man.
• hidalgo noun A member of the lower Spanish nobility, historically exempt from certain taxes but without a formal title.

Senses

fidalgo is used for these senses in English:

• august Of noble birth.
• gentleman (chiefly, _, historical) A man of gentle but not noble birth, particularly a man of means (originally ownership of property) who does not work for a living but has no official status in a peerage; (UK, _, law) an armigerous man ranking below a knight.
• hidalgo A member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title.

august — full definition

1. adj Deeply respected and impressive; dignified and grand.
2. name The eighth month of the year, between July and September.

gentleman — full definition

1. noun A polite, well-mannered, or honorable man.
2. noun (formal or polite) A man, used respectfully regardless of manners.
3. noun Historically, a man of respectable birth or means who did not need to work for a living.

Related Portuguese words