aficionado

aficionado

English

Alternative forms

• afficionado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado, past participle of aficionar (“to inspire affection”). Doublet of affectionate.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /əˌfɪʃ.i.əˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /əˌfɪs.jəˈnɑː.dəʊ/, /æˌfɪʃ.jɒˈnɑː.dəʊ/, (imitating Spanish) /æ.fiː.θjəʊ.ˈnɑːðəʊ/[1][2][3]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfɪʃ.i.əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfi.ʃ(i).əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfɪs.jəˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfɪs.i.əˈnɑ.doʊ/, /əˌfi.si.əˈnɑ.doʊ/, (imitating Spanish) /ɑˌfi.θjɔˈnɑ.ðɔ/, /ɑˌfi.sjɔˈnɑ.ðɔ/[4][5][6][7][8]
• The Spanish pronunciation is [a.fi.θjoˈna.ð̞o].

Noun

aficionado (plural aficionados or aficionadoes or (rare, hypercorrect) aficionadi)

1. (obsolete) An amateur bullfighter. [19th c.]
2. A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: admirer, buff, connoisseur, enthusiast, expert, fan, follower, lover; see also Thesaurus:fan

   Coordinate terms: buff, -phile

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page ix:

     To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.

   • 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 58:

     A journey along the Conwy Valley line is one to savour for aficionados of scenic railways.

Related terms

• aficionada

References

1. The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
2. “aficionado”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
3. “aficionado” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4. “aficionado”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
5. “aficionado”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
6. “aficionado”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
7. “aficionado”, in Collins English Dictionary.
8. “aficionado” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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French

Alternative forms

• afficionado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado. Doublet of affectionné.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados)

1. aficionado (all senses)

Further reading

• “aficionado”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish aficionado. Doublet of affezionato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fi.sjoˈna.do/
• Rhymes: -ado
• Hyphenation: a‧fi‧cio‧nà‧do

Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados)

1. fan, supporter

   Synonyms: sostenitore, tifoso

2. (loosely) regular, habitué

   Synonym: habitué

Further reading

• aficionado in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French aficionado.

Noun

aficionado m (uncountable)

1. aficionado (all senses)

Declension

declension of aficionado (singular only)

	singular
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) aficionado	aficionadoul
genitive/dative	(unui) aficionado	aficionadoului
vocative	aficionadoule

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Spanish

Etymology

From aficionar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /afiθjoˈnado/ [a.fi.θjoˈna.ð̞o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /afisjoˈnado/ [a.fi.sjoˈna.ð̞o]

• Audio (Colombia)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: a‧fi‧cio‧na‧do

Adjective

aficionado (feminine aficionada, masculine plural aficionados, feminine plural aficionadas)

1. fond
2. amateur

Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados, feminine aficionada, feminine plural aficionadas)

1. fan, supporter (person who likes and supports a sports team or an athlete very much)

   Synonyms: fan, (Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay) hincha, seguidor

   Él es un aficionado del Real Madrid.

   He is a fan of Real Madrid.

2. fan, hobbyist (person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby)

   Soy un gran aficionado al béisbol.

   I'm a big baseball fan.

3. amateur, aficionado

   Synonym: amateur

   No vendo mis cuadros; soy una pintora aficionada.

   I don't sell my paintings; I'm just an amateur painter.

Descendants

• → English: aficionado
• → French: aficionado

Participle

aficionado (feminine aficionada, masculine plural aficionados, feminine plural aficionadas)

1. past participle of aficionar

Further reading

• “aficionado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014