1.1.43
Don Quixote 1.1.43 · Aldonza Lorenzo1.1.43Aldonza Lorenzo
We learn the farm girl’s real name, and the title he decides to give her.
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Llamábase1
lla·MÁ·ba·se
was calledcalled herself
Aldonza2
al·DON·za
Aldonza
Lorenzo3
lo·REN·zo
Lorenzo
, y4
y
and
a9
a
to
ésta10
ÉS·ta
this one
le5
le
(to) him
pareció6
pa·re·CIÓ
it seemed
ser7
ser
it would beto be
bien8
bien
rightwell
darle11
DAR·le
to give her
título12
TÍ·tu·lo
the title
de13
de
of
señora14
se·ÑO·ra
lady
de15
de
of
sus16
sus
his
pensamientos17
pen·sa·MIEN·tos
thoughts
; She was called Aldonza Lorenzo, and it seemed to him it would be right to give this one the title of lady of his thoughts;
She was called Aldonza Lorenzo, and it seemed to him it would be right to give this one the title of lady of his thoughts;
Interpretation
Her name was Aldonza Lorenzo, and he thought it right to give her the title of lady of his thoughts;
The real name comes first, and it is as plain as a name could be. Aldonza was a common first name among country people, and Lorenzo is taken from her father: in chapter 25 Don Quixote tells Sancho she is the daughter of Lorenzo Corchuelo, and Sancho knows her as a strong, loud farm girl.
Against that name he sets the courtly formula, señora de sus pensamientos, "lady of his thoughts", and the words fit him closely, since he has no plan to tell her any of it.
1.1.44
Don Quixote 1.1.44 · Dulcinea del Toboso1.1.44Dulcinea del Toboso
The last sentence of the chapter. He finds his lady a name worthy of a princess.
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and, looking for her a name that would not clash much with his own, and that would lean and head toward that of a princess and great lady, he ended up calling her Dulcinea of El Toboso, because she was a native of El Toboso; a name, in his opinion, musical and rare and meaningful, like all the others that he had given to himself and to his things.