aficionada

[ uh-fish-yuh-nah-duh; Spanish ah-fee-thyaw-nah-thah, ah-fee-syaw- ]

noun

, plural a·fi·cio·na·das [uh, -fish-y, uh, -, nah, -d, uh, z, ah-fee-thyaw-, nah, -, th, ahs].

1. a woman who is an ardent devotee; fan; enthusiast.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aficionada¹

1950–55; < Spanish: feminine of aficionado aficionado

Example Sentences

Another businesswoman close to Garten’s heart is pal and fellow home cooking aficionada Taylor Swift.

From Fox News

Aficionada al baile, ella dijo que formar parte del equipo la impulsaría a aspirar más seriamente a una carrera artística.

From Washington Times

So check small shopping blogs dedicated to your favorite brands, like Grechen’s Closet for contemporary women’s clothes or J. Crew Aficionada.

From New York Times

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.

From Slate

She had the stray episode of “Mannix,” “Kojak” and — equal opportunist and Angie Dickinson aficionada that she was — “Police Woman.”

From New York Times