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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Etymology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Etymology_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pronunciation_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pronunciation_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Pronunciation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pronunciation_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Noun_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Noun_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Noun</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Noun_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Further reading</span> 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title="aficionado – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Magyar" 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wiktionary.org/wiki/aficionado" title="aficionado – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="aficionado" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> 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class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation" class="extiw" title="w:Received Pronunciation">Received Pronunciation</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑː.dəʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əˌfɪʃ.i.əˈnɑː.dəʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əˌfɪs.jəˈnɑː.dəʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/æˌfɪʃ.jɒˈnɑː.dəʊ/</span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">imitating Castilian Spanish</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">/æ.fiː.θjəʊˈnɑːðəʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/ə.fiː.θjəˈnɑːðəʊ/</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_American_English" class="extiw" title="w:General American English">General American</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/əˌfɪʃ.(j)əˈnɑ.doʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əˌfɪʃ.i.əˈnɑ.doʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əˌfi.ʃ(i).əˈnɑ.doʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əˌfɪs.jəˈnɑ.doʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əˌfɪs.i.əˈnɑ.doʊ/</span>, <span class="IPA">/əˌfi.si.əˈnɑ.doʊ/</span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">imitating Castilian Spanish</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">/ɑˌfi.θjɔˈnɑ.ðɔ/</span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">imitating Latin American Spanish</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">/ɑˌfi.sjɔˈnɑ.ðɔ/</span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r50165410">.mw-parser-output .k-player .k-attribution{visibility:hidden}</style><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English" class="extiw" title="w:American English">US</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-aficionado.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-aficionado.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-aficionado.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-aficionado.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-aficionado.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-aficionado.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a 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qualifier-brac">)</span> <b class="Latn form-of lang-en p-form-of" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/aficionadi#English" title="aficionadi">aficionadi</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#obsolete" title="Appendix:Glossary">obsolete</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> An amateur <a href="/wiki/bullfighter" title="bullfighter">bullfighter</a>. <span class="defdate">[19th c.]</span></li> <li>A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a <a href="/wiki/fan" title="fan">fan</a> or <a href="/wiki/devotee" title="devotee">devotee</a>. <span class="defdate">[from 19th c.]</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/admirer#English" title="admirer">admirer</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buff#English" title="buff">buff</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/connoisseur#English" title="connoisseur">connoisseur</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/enthusiast#English" title="enthusiast">enthusiast</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/expert#English" title="expert">expert</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/fan#English" title="fan">fan</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/follower#English" title="follower">follower</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/lover#English" title="lover">lover</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/maven#English" title="maven">maven</a></span>; <i>see also</i> <a href="/wiki/Thesaurus:fan#English" title="Thesaurus:fan">Thesaurus:<span class="Latn" lang="en">fan</span></a></span></dd> <dd><span class="nyms coordinate-term"><span class="defdate">Coordinate terms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/buff#English" title="buff">buff</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/-phile#English" title="-phile">-phile</a></span></span></dd></dl> <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1992</b></span>, Rudolf M<span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>athias<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> Schuster, <cite>The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian</cite>, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Museum_of_Natural_History" class="extiw" title="w:Field Museum of Natural History">Field Museum of Natural History</a>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-914868-20-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-914868-20-0">→ISBN</a></small>, page ix:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">To the "closet" taxonomist and <b>aficionado</b> of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><b>2020</b> August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in <cite>Rail</cite>, page <span class="None" lang="und">58</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">A journey along the Conwy Valley line is one to savour for <b>aficionados</b> of scenic railways.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/nonaficionado#English" title="nonaficionado">nonaficionado</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Related_terms">Related terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Related terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/aficionada#English" title="aficionada">aficionada</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="References">References</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><a href="#cite_ref-1"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><a href="#cite_ref-2"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/https://www.lexico.com/definition/aficionado">aficionado</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexico" class="extiw" title="w:Lexico">Lexico</a></cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com</a>; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2019–2022</span></span></span>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><a href="#cite_ref-3"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/aficionado">aficionado</a>”, in <cite>Cambridge English Dictionary</cite>, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_University_Press" class="extiw" title="w:Cambridge University Press">Cambridge University Press</a>, 1999–present.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><a href="#cite_ref-4"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dictionary.com/browse/aficionado">aficionado</a>”, in <cite>Dictionary.com Unabridged</cite>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary.com" class="extiw" title="w:Dictionary.com">Dictionary.com, LLC</a>, 1995–present.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><a href="#cite_ref-5"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=aficionado">aficionado</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language" class="extiw" title="w:The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language">The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language</a></cite>, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houghton_Mifflin_Harcourt" class="extiw" title="w:Houghton Mifflin Harcourt">Houghton Mifflin Harcourt</a>, <span class="None" lang="und">2016</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-544-45445-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-544-45445-3">→ISBN</a></small>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><a href="#cite_ref-6"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aficionado">aficionado</a>”, in <cite>Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary</cite>, Springfield, Mass.: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster" class="extiw" title="w:Merriam-Webster">Merriam-Webster</a>, 1996–present.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><a href="#cite_ref-7"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text"><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/aficionado">aficionado</a>”, in <cite><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_English_Dictionary" class="extiw" title="w:Collins English Dictionary">Collins English Dictionary</a></cite>.</span></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><a href="#cite_ref-8"> ^ </a> <span class="reference-text">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/aficionado">aficionado</a>” in <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longman_Dictionary_of_Contemporary_English" class="extiw" title="w:Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English">Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English</a></i>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longman" class="extiw" title="w:Longman">Longman</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="French">French</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: French"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms_2">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/afficionado#French" title="afficionado">afficionado</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Spanish language">Spanish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">aficionado</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/affectionn%C3%A9#French" title="affectionné">affectionné</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio<span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_1" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q150_(fra)-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q150_(fra)-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav" title="File:LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-aficionado.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_2">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="fr">aficionado</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-fr p-form-of" lang="fr"><a href="/wiki/aficionados#French" title="aficionados">aficionados</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">aficionado</a></span> (all senses)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source">“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/aficionado/">aficionado</a>”, in <cite><span class="Latn" lang="fr"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9sor_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise_informatis%C3%A9" class="extiw" title="w:Trésor de la langue française informatisé">Trésor de la langue française informatisé</a></span> <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>Digitized Treasury of the French Language<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span></cite>, <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span></span></span>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Italian">Italian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Italian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_3">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#unadapted_borrowing" title="Appendix:Glossary">Unadapted borrowing</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language" class="extiw" title="w:Spanish language">Spanish</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Spanish">aficionado</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#doublet" title="Appendix:Glossary">Doublet</a> of <i class="Latn mention" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/affezionato#Italian" title="affezionato">affezionato</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_3">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Italian_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Italian pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/a.fi.sjoˈna.do/</span></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Italian/ado" title="Rhymes:Italian/ado"><span class="IPA">-ado</span></a></li> <li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="it">a‧fi‧cio‧nà‧do</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_3">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="it">aficionado</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-it p-form-of" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/aficionados#Italian" title="aficionados">aficionados</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/fan" title="fan">fan</a>, <a href="/wiki/supporter" title="supporter">supporter</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/sostenitore#Italian" title="sostenitore">sostenitore</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/tifoso#Italian" title="tifoso">tifoso</a></span></span></dd></dl></li> <li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loosely" title="Appendix:Glossary">loosely</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <a href="/wiki/regular" title="regular">regular</a>, <a href="/wiki/habitu%C3%A9" title="habitué">habitué</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="it"><a href="/wiki/habitu%C3%A9#Italian" title="habitué">habitué</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_2">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.treccani.it/vocabolario/aficionado">aficionado<sup></sup></a> in Treccani.it – <i>Vocabolario Treccani on line</i>, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Romanian">Romanian</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Romanian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_4">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#loanword" title="Appendix:Glossary">Borrowed</a> from <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language" class="extiw" title="w:French language">French</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#French">aficionado</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_4">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="ro">aficionado</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">aficionado</a></span> (all senses)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Declension">Declension</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Declension"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="inflection-table-wrapper inflection-table-narrow inflection-table-yellow inflection-table-no-title" style="width: fit-content" data-toggle-category="inflection"><style 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<tbody><tr> <th class="outer">singular only </th> <th>indefinite </th> <th>definite </th></tr> <tr> <th>nominative-accusative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">aficionado</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionadoul&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="aficionadoul (page does not exist)">aficionadoul</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>genitive-dative </th> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><strong class="selflink">aficionado</strong></span> </td> <td><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionadoului&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="aficionadoului (page does not exist)">aficionadoului</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>vocative </th> <td colspan="2"><span class="Latn" lang="ro"><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionadoule&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="aficionadoule (page does not exist)">aficionadoule</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spanish">Spanish</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Spanish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_5">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Past participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionar#Spanish" title="aficionar">aficionar</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_4">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Spanish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Spain</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">/afiθjoˈnado/</span> <span class="IPA">[a.fi.θjoˈna.ð̞o]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Spanish pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Latin America, Philippines</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="IPA">/afisjoˈnado/</span> <span class="IPA">[a.fi.sjoˈna.ð̞o]</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r50165410"><table class="audiotable" style="vertical-align: middle; display: inline-block; list-style: none; line-height: 1em; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0;"><tbody><tr><td>Audio <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="usage-label-accent"><span class="ib-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombian_Spanish" class="extiw" title="w:Colombian Spanish">Colombia</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span><span class="ib-colon qualifier-colon">:</span></td><td class="audiofile"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_2" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="175" style="width:175px;" data-durationhint="2" data-mwtitle="LL-Q1321_(spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1321_%28spa%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav/LL-Q1321_%28spa%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-transcodekey="ogg" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/46/LL-Q1321_%28spa%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav/LL-Q1321_%28spa%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/LL-Q1321_%28spa%29-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav" type="audio/wav" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></td><td class="audiometa" style="font-size: 80%;">(<a href="/wiki/File:LL-Q1321_(spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav" title="File:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-aficionado.wav">file</a>)</td></tr></tbody></table></li> <li>Rhymes: <a href="/wiki/Rhymes:Spanish/ado" title="Rhymes:Spanish/ado"><span class="IPA">-ado</span></a></li> <li>Syllabification: <span class="Latn" lang="es">a‧fi‧cio‧na‧do</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Adjective">Adjective</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Adjective"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="es">aficionado</strong> (<i>feminine</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es f|s-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionada#Spanish" title="aficionada">aficionada</a></b>, <i>masculine plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es m|p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionados#Spanish" title="aficionados">aficionados</a></b>, <i>feminine plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es f|p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionadas#Spanish" title="aficionadas">aficionadas</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/fond" title="fond">fond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/amateur" title="amateur">amateur</a> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/diletante#Spanish" title="diletante">diletante</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun_5">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="es">aficionado</strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionados#Spanish" title="aficionados">aficionados</a></b>, <i>feminine</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es f-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionada#Spanish" title="aficionada">aficionada</a></b>, <i>feminine plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es p-form-of origin-aficionada" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionadas#Spanish" title="aficionadas">aficionadas</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><a href="/wiki/fan" title="fan">fan</a>, <a href="/wiki/supporter" title="supporter">supporter</a> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">person who likes and supports a sports team or an athlete very much</span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/fan#Spanish" title="fan">fan</a></span>, <span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/hincha#Spanish" title="hincha">hincha</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/seguidor#Spanish" title="seguidor">seguidor</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="es">Él es un <b>aficionado</b> del Real Madrid.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">He is a <b>fan</b> of Real Madrid.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/fan" title="fan">fan</a>, <a href="/wiki/hobbyist" title="hobbyist">hobbyist</a> <span class="gloss-brac">(</span><span class="gloss-content"><span class="Latn" lang="en">person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby</span></span><span class="gloss-brac">)</span> <dl><dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="es">Soy un gran <b>aficionado</b> al béisbol.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">I'm a big baseball <b>fan</b>.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/amateur" title="amateur">amateur</a>, <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">aficionado</a></span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonyms:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/amateur#Spanish" title="amateur">amateur</a></span>, <span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/diletante#Spanish" title="diletante">diletante</a></span></span></dd> <dd><div class="h-usage-example"><i class="Latn mention e-example" lang="es">No vendo mis cuadros; soy una pintora <b>aficionada</b>.</i><dl><dd><span class="e-translation">I don't sell my paintings; I'm just an <b>amateur</b> painter.</span></dd></dl></div></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Derived_terms_2">Derived terms</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Derived terms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="list-switcher" data-toggle-category="derived terms"><div class="columns-bg term-list ul-column-count" data-column-count="1"><ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/videoaficionado#Spanish" title="videoaficionado">videoaficionado</a></span></li></ul></div><div class="list-switcher-element" data-showtext=" show more ▼ " data-hidetext=" show less ▲ " style="display:none"> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Descendants">Descendants</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Descendants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="desc-arr" title="borrowed">→</span> English: <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">aficionado</a></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r68481116">.mw-parser-output .desc-arr[title]{cursor:help}.mw-parser-output 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title="aficionados">aficionados</a></b>, <i>feminine plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-es f|p-form-of" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionadas#Spanish" title="aficionadas">aficionadas</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="form-of-definition use-with-mention"><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#past_tense" title="Appendix:Glossary">past</a> <a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#participle" title="Appendix:Glossary">participle</a> of <span class="form-of-definition-link"><i class="Latn mention" lang="es"><a href="/wiki/aficionar#Spanish" title="aficionar">aficionar</a></i></span></span></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading_3">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=aficionado&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="citation-whole"><span 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