From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishaficionadoa‧fi‧cio‧na‧do /əˌfɪʃəˈnɑːdəʊ $ -doʊ/ noun (plural aficionados) [countable] INTERESTEDsomeone who is very interested in a particular activity or subject and knows a lot about itaficionado of an aficionado of fine food
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aficionado• Aspirants and aficionados alike ought to be queuing up outside bookstores to lay hands on it.• We became aficionados of water before Perrier was a name.• Like a crossword aficionado you developed an affinity with certain compilers - and from Ximenes you stayed well clear!• a movie aficionado• Early music aficionados will have to go a lot farther than the Peninsula to find comparable satisfaction.• But true opera aficionados were perhaps less surprised.Origin aficionado (1800-1900) Spanish past participle of aficionar “to cause to like”, from afición “affection” 