Don Quijote vocab and characters

Front

Amadís de Gaula

Back

famous knight from Gaul, model knight, French hero

Front

Dulcinea del Toboso

Back

DQ's ideal woman, love interest, peasant, real name Aldonza Lorenzo

Front

el barbero maestro Nicolás

Back

DQ's friend, barber

Front

La Inquisición

Back

religious movement that persecuted heretics for blasphemy, Spanish religious court

Front

La Mancha

Back

large region DQ is from, desert-like, means 'the Stain'

Front

libros de caballería

Back

chivalry books about knighthood that DQ loved to read, caused his madness

Front

Miguel de Cervantes

Back

author of DQ, poet, playwright, novelist, soldier

Front

Pero Pérez

Back

priest, educated friend of DQ

Front

Rocinante

Back

DQ's horse (nag), 'naggy' (author's joke)

Front

Sancho Panza

Back

DQ's uneducated squire, 'Joe Belly', peasant farmer