aficionado

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əfɪsjəˈnɑːdəʊ/, /əfɪʃjəˈnɑːdəʊ/

Noun

aficionado (plural aficionados or aficionadoes or 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.]
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page ix

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado.

Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados)

1. aficionado (all senses)

Etymology

From aficionar.

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /afiθjoˈnado/, [afiθjoˈnaðo]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /afisjoˈnado/, [afisjoˈnaðo]

Adjective

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

1. fond
2. amateur

Noun

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

1. fan

   Soy un gran aficionado al beisbol. ― I'm a big baseball fan.

2. amateur

Further reading

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