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aficionado

[uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh, ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thaw, ah-fee-syaw-] / əˌfɪʃ jəˈnɑ doʊ, ɑˌfi θjɔˈnɑ ðɔ, ɑˌfi sjɔ- /


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Some retail investors, like this videogame aficionado, made a killing, but there are reasons to take a sobering look at AI.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 16, 2026

"I'm not really a musical expert or aficionado," he says.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Basil had tremendous expertise in housing finance, but less in banking; Karen was a banking aficionado with limited knowledge of housing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Jake and his friends stayed at the Hotel Montoya, a fictional stand-in for the long-gone Hotel Quintana, where Juanito Quintana, Hemingway’s friend and fellow bullfight aficionado, once welcomed the lost generation.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2025

An aficionado is one who is passionate about the bull-fights.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway




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