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aficionada
[ uh-fish-yuh-nah-duh; Spanish ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thah, ah-fee-syaw- ]
noun
- a woman who is an ardent devotee; fan; enthusiast.
Word History and Origins
Origin of aficionada1
Example Sentences
Another businesswoman close to Garten’s heart is pal and fellow home cooking aficionada Taylor Swift.
Aficionada al baile, ella dijo que formar parte del equipo la impulsaría a aspirar más seriamente a una carrera artística.
So check small shopping blogs dedicated to your favorite brands, like Grechen’s Closet for contemporary women’s clothes or J. Crew Aficionada.
I admit that I usually fast-forward though it, but I always figured that Carrie's identity as a jazz aficionada served two purposes—one, to show that she is a woman apart, someone who finds her own passions rather than going along with whatever's popular at the time; and then, as you to suggest, to show that her brain is attuned to the riffing and improvisation that we associate with jazz.
She had the stray episode of “Mannix,” “Kojak” and — equal opportunist and Angie Dickinson aficionada that she was — “Police Woman.”
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