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aficionado

[uh-fish-yuh-nah-doh, ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thaw, ah-fee-syaw-] / əˌfɪʃ yəˈnɑ doʊ, ɑˌfi θyɔˈnɑ ðɔ, ɑˌfi syɔ- /


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If he’s an aficionado of fiction, there’s quite a few in the latest Booker Prize shortlist.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

Bartlett, on the other hand, says he is a longtime soccer aficionado who stumbled upon the canceled Total 90 trademark while looking up names for a soccer fantasy app he wanted to develop.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

I’m more aficionado than maniac, but I find them endlessly listenable, rewatchable — they just look great, for one thing — and interesting.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2025

A spokesman for Polis told 9News said the governor was "surprised to learn the president of the United States is an aficionado of our Colorado State Capitol and its artwork".

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2025

Mary asked Helen, an aficionado of the outdoors, to take Janice trekking with a full backpack, first on Buckroe Beach, then up into Virginia’s Shenandoah mountains.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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