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Dans une bourgade de la Manche, dont je ne veux pas me rappeler le nom, vivait, il n’y a pas longtemps, un hidalgo, de ceux qui ont lance au râtelier, rondache antique, bidet maigre et lévrier de chasse.
In a village of La Mancha, whose name I don't want to remember, lived, not long ago, an hidalgo, of the type that have a lance on the rack, an antique rondache, a meagre horse and a hunting hound.
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.
(Spain) drinking an entire glass of alcohol in one big gulp; to chug
hacer un hidalgo ― chug (a beer or other alcoholic drink)
tomar una bebida de hidalgo ― guzzle down a drink
(Mexico) the final year that a public servant is in office
el año de Hidalgo ― final year in office, lame duck year