autodidacta

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Portuguese

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Noun

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autodidacta m or f by sense (plural autodidactas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of autodidata. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

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Adjective

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autodidacta m or f (masculine and feminine plural autodidactas)

  1. autodidactic, self-taught, self-educated
  2. feminine singular of autodidacto

Noun

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autodidacta m or f by sense (plural autodidactas)

  1. autodidact, self-taught person
    • 2015 July 17, “Macanudo (18)”, in El País[1]:
      Liniers (Ricardo Liniers Siri, Buenos Aires, 1973) es un historietista argentino, descrito por Leila Guerriero como un autodidacta que "llegó solo", un chico al que le gustaba dibujar de pequeño y que terminó convirtiéndose en un fenómeno del humor gráfico en su país.
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