aficionado
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish aficionado, past participle of aficionar (“to inspire affection”). Doublet of affectionate.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (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].
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
[edit]aficionado (plural aficionados or aficionadoes or (rare, hypercorrect) aficionadi)
- (obsolete) An amateur bullfighter. [19th c.]
- 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, maven; 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “aficionado”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “aficionado”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- ^ “aficionado”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ “aficionado”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- ^ “aficionado”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- ^ “aficionado”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ “aficionado” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
French
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Spanish aficionado. Doublet of affectionné.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]aficionado m (plural aficionados)
- aficionado (all senses)
Further reading
[edit]- “aficionado”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Spanish aficionado. Doublet of affezionato.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aficionado m (plural aficionados)
Further reading
[edit]- aficionado in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French aficionado.
Noun
[edit]aficionado m (uncountable)
- aficionado (all senses)
Declension
[edit] declension of aficionado (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| m gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) aficionado | aficionadoul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) aficionado | aficionadoului |
| vocative | aficionadoule | |
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Past participle of aficionar.
Pronunciation
[edit]- 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
[edit]aficionado (feminine aficionada, masculine plural aficionados, feminine plural aficionadas)
Noun
[edit]aficionado m (plural aficionados, feminine aficionada, feminine plural aficionadas)
- fan, supporter (person who likes and supports a sports team or an athlete very much)
- 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.
- amateur, aficionado
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → English: aficionado
- → French: aficionado
Participle
[edit]aficionado (feminine aficionada, masculine plural aficionados, feminine plural aficionadas)
Further reading
[edit]- “aficionado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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