different between aficionado vs proselyte

English

Alternative forms

• afficionado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado, past participle of aficionar (“to inspire affection”). Doublet of affectionate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?sj??n??d??/, /?f??j??n??d??/

Noun

aficionado (plural aficionados or aficionadoes or (rare, hypercorrect) aficionadi)

1. (obsolete) An amateur bullfighter. [19th c.]
2. A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee. [from 19th c.]

   Synonyms: admirer, buff, connoisseur, enthusiast, expert, fan, follower, lover; see also Thesaurus:fan

   Coordinate terms: buff, -phile

Related terms

• aficionada

Further reading

• “aficionado”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

French

Alternative forms

• afficionado

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aficionado.

Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados)

1. aficionado (all senses)

Spanish

Etymology

From aficionar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /afi?jo?nado/, [a.fi.?jo?na.ð?o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /afisjo?nado/, [a.fi.sjo?na.ð?o]

Adjective

aficionado (feminine aficionada, masculine plural aficionados, feminine plural aficionadas)

1. fond
2. amateur

Noun

aficionado m (plural aficionados, feminine aficionada, feminine plural aficionadas)

1. fan, hobbyist, aficionado (person who is interested in an activity or a subject as a hobby)

   Synonym: fan

2. amateur

   Synonym: amateur

Descendants

• ? English: aficionado
• ? French: aficionado

Further reading

• “aficionado” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Old French proselite, from Late Latin proselutus (proselytus, “proselyte, alien resident”), from Ancient Greek ?????????? (pros?lutos, “newcomer, convert”) (from ???? (prós, “to, towards”) and the stem -???- of ??????? (el?lutha), perfect of ??????? (érkhomai, “come”)), translation of Hebrew ??? (ger) in the Septuagint translation of the Torah (e.g., Exodus 12:49); also used in Matthew 23:15, Acts 2:10, Acts 6:5.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??s.?l?a?t/

Noun

proselyte (plural proselytes)

1. One who has converted to a religion or doctrine, especially a gentile converted to Judaism.
   • King James Bible, Matthew 23:15:

     Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Translations

Verb

proselyte (third-person singular simple present proselytes, present participle proselyting, simple past and past participle proselyted)

1. (transitive) To proselytize.

Derived terms

• proselyter
• proselytic
• proselytism
• proselytize

Translations

Anagrams

• polyester, polytrees

Latin

Adjective

pros?lyte

1. vocative masculine singular of pros?lytus