aficionado

[ uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh; Spanish ah-fee-thyaw-nah-th aw, ah-fee-syaw- ]

/ əˌfɪʃ yəˈnɑ doʊ; Spanish ɑˌfi θyɔˈnɑ ðɔ, ɑˌfi syɔ- /

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noun, plural a·fi·cio·na·dos [uh-fish-yuh-nah-dohz; Spanish ah-fee-thyaw-nah-th aws] /əˌfɪʃ yəˈnɑ doʊz; Spanish ɑˌfi θyɔˈnɑ ðɔs/.

an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.

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Words related to aficionado

enthusiast, devotee, connoisseur, fanatic

Words nearby aficionado

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Also afficionado.

Origin of aficionado

1835–45; < Spanish: literally, amateur, past participle in -ado -ate¹ of aficionar to engender affection, equivalent to afición affection¹ + -ar infinitive suffix

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So she was an aficionado of classical music, for soundtracks or otherwise?
‘Mozart in the Jungle’: Inside Amazon’s Brave New World of Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music|Kevin Fallon|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For the aficionado or the neophyte, Comics is a useful overview of a richly creative period in a burgeoning art.
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Each is expertly introduced by Michael Sims, an aficionado of the genre.
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Since, then I have become an aficionado of the publicly uttered F-word.
A Short History of the F-Bomb|John Leo|April 21, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Shushannah Walshe came aboard as our Sarah Palin aficionado.
The Daily Beast Turns 2!|Tina Brown|October 5, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Every man and boy in Spain is an aficionado, a bullfight "fan," a frantic bullfight "bug."
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British Dictionary definitions for aficionado

aficionado

/ (əˌfɪʃjəˈnɑːdəʊ, Spanish afiθjoˈnaðo) /

noun plural -dos (-dəʊz, Spanish -ðos)

an ardent supporter or devoteea jazz aficionado

a devotee of bullfighting

Word Origin for aficionado

Spanish, from aficionar to arouse affection, from afición affection

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