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| Sancho Panza | |
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| Don Quixote character | |
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| Created by | Miguel de Cervantes |
| Portrayed by | Irving Jacobson Tony Martinez Bob Hoskins Ernie Sabella James Coco Jacob Batalon |
| In-universe information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Hidalgo |
| Occupation | Peasant / Squire |
| Spouse | Teresa Cascajo de Panza |
| Children | María Sancha Panza Cascajo, Sanchico |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Nationality | Spanish |
Sancho Panza (Spanish: [ˈsantʃo ˈpanθa]) is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605. Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel, known as sanchismos, that are a combination of broad humour, ironic Spanish proverbs, and earthy wit. "Panza" in Spanish means "belly" (cf. English "paunch," Italian "pancia", several Italian dialects "panza", Portuguese and Galician "pança", French "panse", Romanian "pântec", Catalan "panxa").