primo

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See also: Primo, primó, and přímo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian primo (first). Doublet of prime and primus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːmoʊ

Noun

primo (plural primos)

  1. (music) The principal part of a duet.
  2. (slang, drugs) Any high-quality drug.
  3. (slang, drugs) A marijuana cigarette that has been laced with cocaine or heroin.

Antonyms

Adjective

primo (not comparable)

  1. (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:
      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.

Translations

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

primo

  1. (dated) male first cousin; male full cousin
    Synonym: igtagsa

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia eo

Pronunciation

Noun

primo (accusative singular primon, plural primoj, accusative plural primojn)

  1. (mathematics) prime number

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

Adverb

primo

  1. first (before anything else)
    Synonym: premièrement

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Noun

primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)

  1. male cousin
    Synonym: curmán

Etymology 2

From Latin prīmus.

Adjective

primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)

  1. first
  2. (mathematics) prime
Synonyms

Noun

primo m (plural primos)

  1. (mathematics) prime number
Synonyms

Verb

primo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of primar

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Noun

primo (feminine prima)

  1. male cousin (of any degree of cousinhood)

Hypernyms

Italian

Italian numbers (edit)
10
 ←  0 1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: uno, un
    Ordinal: primo
    Ordinal abbreviation:
    Adverbial: una volta
    Multiplier: singolo
    Distributive: singolarmente

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primi, feminine plural prime, superlative primissimo)

  1. (ordinal number) first
  2. initial
  3. main, principal
  4. (mathematics) prime
    numero primoprime number

Derived terms

Noun

primo m (plural primi, feminine prima)

  1. first, first one
  2. former (first of aforementioned two items)

Descendants

  • English: primo

Noun

primo m (plural primi)

  1. (cooking) Clipping of primo piatto; first course, starter
    Coordinate term: secondo

Anagrams

Ladino

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish primo (cousin), from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

Noun

primo m (Hebrew spelling פרימו)[1]

  1. cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
    • 1940, La boz de Türkiye, numbers 11–34, page 407:
      Nacido en 1877, nieto del conde Henri d'Avigdor, amigo intimo de Napoleon III, Sir Osmond ajusto a su nombre, aquel de Goldsmid, a la muerte de su primo Sir Julien Goldsmid, donde el era el heredador.
      Born in 1877, grandson to Henri d’Avigdor, close friend of Napoleon III, Sir Osmond added Goldsmid to his name on the death of his cousin Sir Julien Goldsmid, where he was the heir.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish primo (first), from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

Adjective

primo (Hebrew spelling פרימו)[1]

  1. first
    • 1940, La boz de Türkiye, numbers 11–34, page 247:
      El primo districto administrativo judio sera establecido cercamente en Natania onde seran transferados todos los servicios publicos que fin ahora se topavan en Tolcarim.
      The first administrative Jewish district shall soon be established in Natania, where all of the public services shall be transferred that up until now were located in Tolcarim.
  2. excellent (pretty good)
    Synonym: ekselente

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

primo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of premir
  2. first-person singular present indicative of primar

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 primo”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From prīmus (first) +‎ .

Alternative forms

Adverb

prīmō (not comparable)

  1. first, firstly, first of all, first up, at first, before all else

Etymology 2

Inflected form of prīmus (first).

Adjective

prīmō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prīmus

References

  • primo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) at the first opportunity: primo quoque tempore
    • (ambiguous) at the beginning of spring: ineunte, primo vere

Lombard

Etymology

From Latin prīmus.

Adjective

primo m (feminine prima)

  1. (Old Lombard) the first

Old Spanish

Adjective

primo m (feminine prima)

  1. (ordinal number) first (first up)
    Synonym: primero
  2. prime (excellent)
  3. extreme (excessive)

Noun

primo m (plural primos)

  1. cousin

Descendants

References

  • Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “primo”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 409

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: pri‧mo

Etymology 1

    From Old Galician-Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

    Noun

    primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)

    1. male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)
    Descendants

    Etymology 2

    From Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

    Noun

    primo m (plural primos)

    1. prime (number)

    Etymology 3

    Verb

    primo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of premir

    Romanian

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian primo or French primo.

    Adverb

    primo

    1. firstly, first

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

    Noun

    primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)

    1. cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
    Hyponyms

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.

    Adjective

    primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)

    1. first
      Synonym: primero
    2. (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 quotation)
    Derived terms

    Noun

    primo m (plural primos)

    1. (mathematics) prime number
      Synonym: número primo

    Noun

    primo m (plural primos)

    1. (colloquial) sucker, gullible person
      Synonym: pardillo
    Derived terms

    Verb

    primo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of premir
    2. first-person singular present indicative of primar

    Further reading

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    primo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜓ) (archaic)

    1. cousin
      Synonym: pinsan
    2. friend
      Synonym: kaibigan

    Further reading

    • primo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018