cinéfilo

See also: cinefilo

Portuguese

Etymology

From cine (cinema) +‎ -filo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈnɛ.fi.lu/

• Hyphenation: ci‧né‧fi‧lo

Adjective

cinéfilo (feminine cinéfila, masculine plural cinéfilos, feminine plural cinéfilas)

1. cinephilic (having a love of films or the cinema)

Noun

cinéfilo m (plural cinéfilos, feminine cinéfila, feminine plural cinéfilas)

1. cinephile (enthusiast of films and cinema)

Related terms

• cinefilia

Further reading

• “cinéfilo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cinéfilo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cinéfilo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From cine (“cinema”) +‎ -filo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θiˈnefilo/ [θiˈne.fi.lo] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /siˈnefilo/ [siˈne.fi.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -efilo
• Syllabification: ci‧né‧fi‧lo

Adjective

cinéfilo (feminine cinéfila, masculine plural cinéfilos, feminine plural cinéfilas)

1. cinephilic (having a love of films or the cinema)

Noun

cinéfilo m (plural cinéfilos, feminine cinéfila, feminine plural cinéfilas)

1. cinephile, filmaholic, filmgoer, moviegoer, movieholic (enthusiast of films and cinema)

Related terms

• cinefilia

Further reading

• “cinéfilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024