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Alonso de Maldonado, Spanish laywer, found him by searching for "de Maldonado" rather than simply "Maldonado". Should such names be here, or does the "de" require a different dab page? Or just a section here?Skookum1 (talk) 09:23, 17 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Meaning of Maldonado
The idea that 'Maldonado' is the Spanish form of MacDonald is ridiculous on the face of it. The name is a compound of Spanish 'mal' meaning badly, and 'donado', meaning given. Thus 'maldonado' is usually translated as 'ill-favored', although 'misbegotten' might be a better translation.
Honestly, the Spanish form of MacDonald! Is there a Scottish form of Mendoza?
But I don't want to get involved in an edit war with people named Maldonado. I'll leave this for someone braver than I to correct.
