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(Fidalgo in Galician and Portuguese) is a traditional title of persons of the Spanish nobility or gentry. The word is a contraction of the phrases hijo de algo, literally "a son of something." Despite this informal-sounding term, the Spanish court rigorously regulated who was and who was not entitled to call himself an hidalgo.
By extension the word is also used in Spanish for a person of noble and generous spirit (gentleman).
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