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aficionado

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

noun

, plural a·fi·cio·na·dos [uh, -fish-y, uh, -, nah, -dohz, ah-fee-thyaw-, nah, -, th, aws].
  1. an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.


aficionado

/ afiθjoˈnaðo; əˌfɪʃjəˈnɑːdəʊ /

noun

  1. an ardent supporter or devotee

    a jazz aficionado

  2. a devotee of bullfighting


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aficionado1

First recorded in 1835–45; from Spanish: literally, “amateur,” past participle -ado ( -ate 1 ) of aficionar “to engender affection,” equivalent to afición affection 1 + -ar infinitive suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of aficionado1

Spanish, from aficionar to arouse affection, from afición affection

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Example Sentences

So she was an aficionado of classical music, for soundtracks or otherwise?

For the aficionado or the neophyte, Comics is a useful overview of a richly creative period in a burgeoning art.

One wine aficionado had given up on finding an ale she actually liked.

Her parents had promised the horse aficionado her very own equine companion when she turned 10.

As one hardcore football aficionado chatted to me, “the teams blow, so really who cares.”

Every man and boy in Spain is an aficionado, a bullfight "fan," a frantic bullfight "bug."

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