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fanatico — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bigot noun Someone who clings stubbornly to their own views and won't tolerate people of a different race, religion, gender, or opinion.
  • fanatic noun Someone with extreme, unshakeable enthusiasm for a cause, belief, or hobby.
  • fanatical adjective Showing extreme, often unreasonable enthusiasm or devotion.
  • fancy verb British informal: to want or feel attracted to something or someone.
  • freak noun A person, animal, or thing that is highly unusual or abnormal.
  • homer noun A home run in baseball.
  • smitten adjective Deeply in love or infatuated.
  • zealot noun Someone so committed to a cause or belief that they pursue it with extreme, often unreasonable intensity.

Senses

fanatico is used for these senses in English:

  • bigot One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc.
  • fanatic Fanatical.
  • fanatic A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause.
  • fanatical Having an extreme, irrational zeal or enthusiasm for a specific cause.
  • fancy Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
  • freak An enthusiast, or person who has an obsession with, or extreme knowledge of, something.
  • homer (US, sports) A person who is extremely devoted to a favorite team.
  • smitten Made irrationally enthusiastic.

Related Italian words