primo
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
primo (plural primos)
Antonyms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
primo (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Best; first-class.
- 2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander (page 16)
- We strung Christmas lights around the ceiling to frame it. The final touches of coolness were my two spinning disco lights in the front room. That apartment was like my canvas and it was a primo party spot.
- 2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times[1]:
- I had to contort a bit to see during Act I, but the theater was not full — opera tickets, even at such prices, are a luxury for many Hungarians — so during the first intermission I moved to a primo orchestra seat, with not just the knowledge but the assistance of an usher.
- 2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander (page 16)
Anagrams[edit]
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (consobrinus) primus.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: pri‧mo
Noun[edit]
primo
- (dated) male first cousin; male full cousin
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Related terms[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Noun[edit]
primo (accusative singular primon, plural primoj, accusative plural primojn)
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
primo
- first (before anything else)
- Synonym: premièrement
Further reading[edit]
- “primo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
- male cousin
Synonyms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
primo m (feminine singular prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)
Synonyms[edit]
- (prime): número primo
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primos)
Synonyms[edit]
Verb[edit]
primo
Italian[edit]
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural prime, superlative primissimo)
Derived terms[edit]
- primamente
- primissimo (“very first”)
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primi, feminine prima)
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: primo
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primi)
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpriː.moː/, [ˈpriːmoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpri.mo/, [ˈpriːmo]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
prīmō (not comparable)
- first, firstly, first of all, first up, at first, before all else
Etymology 2[edit]
Inflected form of prīmus (“first”).
Adjective[edit]
prīmō
References[edit]
- “primo”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “primo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- primo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
- (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere
- (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
- male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primos)
- prime (number)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Italian primo or French primo.
Adverb[edit]
primo
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus) prīmus.
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
- cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
Usage notes[edit]
The noun primo is like most Spanish nouns with a human referent. The masculine forms are used when the referent is known to be male, a group of males, a group of mixed or unknown gender, or an individual of unknown or unspecified gender. The feminine forms are used if the referent is known to be female or a group of females.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
Adjective[edit]
primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)
- first
- Synonym: primero
- (mathematics) prime
- 2002, Martin Gardner (translation by Luis Bou García), Huevos, nudos y otras mistificaciones matemáticas, page 207:
- Todos ellos son impares, excepto el 2, que es reputado como «el más primo» de todos los primos
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primos)
- (mathematics) prime number
- Synonym: número primo
Noun[edit]
primo m (plural primos)
- (colloquial) sucker, gullible person
- Synonym: pardillo
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
primo
Further reading[edit]
- “primo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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