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aficionados

aficionados is the plural of aficionado.

Meaning of aficionado

Noun

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

  1. (obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
  2. A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
    • To the "closet" taxonomist and aficionado of nomenclatural exercises, such emphasis may seem an intrusion.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page ix

Questions about aficionados

What is aficionados the plural of?
Aficionados is the plural of aficionado.

Words near aficionados in the dictionary

  1. aficionada
  2. aficionadas
  3. aficionadi
  4. aficionado
  5. aficionadoes
  6. aficionados
  7. afield
  8. afikoman
  9. afikomans
  10. afikomen
  11. afikomens

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