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

From BBC • May 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 17, 2026

Yang, a car aficionado, wanted to give her 2-year-old son a close-up look at the factory.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

Framed together, they’d be a stunning display for any lotto aficionado.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 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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