aficionado

[ uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh; Spanish ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thaw, ah-fee-syaw- ]
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noun,plural a·fi·cio·na·dos [uh-fish-yuh-nah-dohz; Spanish ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thaws]. /əˌfɪʃ yəˈnɑ doʊz; Spanish ɑˌfi θyɔˈnɑ ðɔs/.
  1. an ardent devotee; fan, enthusiast.

Origin of aficionado

1
First recorded in 1835–45; from Spanish: literally, “amateur,” past participle -ado (see -ate1) of aficionar “to engender affection,” equivalent to afición affection1 + -ar infinitive suffix
  • Sometimes af·fi·cio·na·do .

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British Dictionary definitions for aficionado

aficionado

/ (əˌfɪʃjəˈnɑːdəʊ, Spanish afiθjoˈnaðo) /


nounplural -dos (-dəʊz, Spanish -ðos)
  1. an ardent supporter or devotee: a jazz aficionado

  2. a devotee of bullfighting

Origin of aficionado

1
Spanish, from aficionar to arouse affection, from afición affection

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