aficionado
Use Aficionado in a sentence
yəˈnɑAlso, afficionado.
Origin:
1835–45; < Spanish: literally, amateur, past participle in -ado -ate1 of aficionar to engender affection, equivalent to afición affection1 + -ar infinitive suffix
1835–45; < Spanish: literally, amateur, past participle in -ado -ate1 of aficionar to engender affection, equivalent to afición affection1 + -ar infinitive suffix
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To aficionado
Collins
World English Dictionary
aficionado (əˌfɪʃjəˈnɑːdəʊ, Spanish afiθjoˈnaðo) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -dos | |
| 1. | an ardent supporter or devotee: a jazz aficionado |
| 2. | a devotee of bullfighting |
| [Spanish, from aficionar to arouse affection, from aficion | |
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Aficionado
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
aficionado
1845, from Sp., "amateur," spec. "devotee of bullfighting," lit. "fond of," from aficion "affection," from L. affectionem (see affection).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Example sentences
As any self-respecting ink aficionado knows, every tattoo tells a story.
For the art aficionado, choose from wildlife-themed prints.
For the wildflower aficionado, the park offers nearly a thousand species.
And to appreciate this, you don't even have to be an aficionado of escargots.
Nearby Words
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
