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Portuguese
Noun
autodidacta m or f by sense (plural autodidactas)
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of autodidata. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.
Spanish
Adjective
autodidacta m or f (masculine and feminine plural autodidactas)
- autodidactic, self-taught, self-educated
- feminine singular of autodidacto
Noun
autodidacta m or f by sense (plural autodidactas)
- autodidact, self-taught person
2015 July 17, “Macanudo (18)”, in El País: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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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