English-Spanish translations for amateur

• aficionado
  Señorías, ¡no somos aficionados ni voluntarios! Ladies and gentlemen, we are not amateurs or volunteers!
  Hay un elemento profesional, pero también un elemento aficionado. There is a professional but also an amateur element.
  Aviso a los aficionados: mi enmienda 47 va en esta dirección. My Amendment No 47 is therefore a warning for amateurs.
• amateur
• diletante
  Desde luego, cualquier cosa menos el espíritu diletante que ha presidido el pasado Consejo de Ministros de Exteriores del 15 de septiembre pasado. Of course, anything apart from the amateur spirit that prevailed in the Council of Foreign Ministers on 15 September.
• inadaptado

Definition of amateur

• A lover of something
• A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally
• Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful
• Non-professional
• Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent

Examples

• The contest is only open to amateurs.
• The entire thing was built by some amateurs with screwdrivers and plywood.
• amateur sports
• Duct tape is a sure sign of amateur workmanship.

Related words

• amateurish
• amateurism
• amateurishly
• amateurishness
• shamateurism
• shamateur
• amateurly
• amateur artist
• amateur radio