aficionado
pronunciation
How to pronounce aficionado in British English:
UK [əˌfɪʃəˈnɑːdəʊ]
How to pronounce aficionado in American English:
US [əˌfɪʃəˈnɑːdoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a fan of bull fighting
- a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer
Word Origin
- aficionado (n.)
- 1845, from Spanish aficionado "amateur," specifically "devotee of bullfighting," literally "fond of," from afición "affection," from Latin affectionem (see affection). "Most sources derive this word from the Spanish verb aficionar but the verb does not appear in Spanish before 1555, and the word aficionado is recorded in the 1400's" [Barnhart]. In English, originally of devotees of bullfighting; in general use by 1882.
Example
- 1. These days I 'm an aficionado of good ( healthy ) tuna .
- 2. I like to think of myself as an aficionado of business disruption .
- 3. In it , visitors will be asked to assist a fictional sleuth , and physics aficionado , in chasing an equally scientifically-minded villain by conducting a series of 37 experiments which probe the nature of light-something it is easier to do in the dark .
- 4. Harry is a well-known jazz aficionado .
- 5. These days he goes by the more prosaic title of deputy manager for the advanced concepts office at marshall space flight center in huntsville , but as the recent interstellar workshop in oak ridge demonstrated , he 's also ranging widely on his own as conference organizer , author and science fiction aficionado .