aficionado

Definitions of aficionado
  1. noun
    someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
    synonyms: amateur
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    types:
    diletante
    an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
    type of:
    alma, humano, individuo, mortal, persona, ser humano
    a human being
  2. noun
    an athlete who does not play for pay
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    antonyms:
    profesional
    an athlete who plays for pay
    type of:
    atleta
    a person trained to compete in sports
  3. noun
    an ardent and enthusiastic supporter of some person or activity
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    types:
    adicto
    someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
    exaltado, fanático
    a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
    fan
    an enthusiastic devotee of sports
    type of:
    adepto, entusiasta, seguidor
    a person who backs a politician or a team etc.
  4. noun
    an ardent follower and admirer
    synonyms: amante, apasionado, devoto, entusiasta, fanático
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    types:
    bacante, ménade
    a drunken reveller; a devotee of Bacchus
    fan
    an enthusiastic young fan (especially a young woman who follows rock groups around)
    type of:
    adherente, partidario, secuaz, seguidor
    a person who accepts the leadership of another
  5. noun
    a person having a strong liking for something
    synonyms: entusiasta
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    type of:
    admirador
    someone who admires a young woman
  6. noun
    someone who attends the theater
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    types:
    estrenista
    someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions
    mosquetero
    in Elizabethan theater: a playgoer in the cheap standing section
    type of:
    espectador, telespectador, televidente
    a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
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