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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian primo ( “ first ” ) . Doublet of prime and primus .
Pronunciation
Noun
primo (plural primos )
( music ) The principal part of a duet .
( slang , drugs ) Any high-quality drug .
( slang , drugs ) A marijuana cigarette that has been laced with cocaine or heroin .
Antonyms
Adjective
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 :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.
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Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish primo , from Latin (consobrinus ) primus .
Pronunciation
Noun
primo
( dated ) male first cousin ; male full cousin
Synonym: igtagsa
Esperanto
Noun
primo (accusative singular primon , plural primoj , accusative plural primojn )
( mathematics ) prime number
French
Pronunciation
Adverb
primo
first (before anything else)
Synonym: premièrement
Further reading
Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese primo , from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus ) prīmus .
Noun
primo m (plural primos , feminine prima , feminine plural primas )
male cousin
Synonym: curmán
Etymology 2
From Latin prīmus .
Adjective
primo (feminine prima , masculine plural primos , feminine plural primas )
first
( mathematics ) prime
Synonyms
Noun
primo m (plural primos )
( mathematics ) prime number
Synonyms
Verb
primo
first-person singular present indicative of primar
Hiligaynon
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish primo , from Latin (consobrinus ) primus .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɾimo/
Hyphenation: pri‧mo
Noun
primo (feminine prima )
male cousin ( of any degree of cousinhood )
Hypernyms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin prīmus , from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpri.mo/
Rhymes: -imo
Hyphenation: prì‧mo
Adjective
primo (feminine prima , masculine plural primi , feminine plural prime , superlative primissimo )
( ordinal number ) first
initial
main , principal
( mathematics ) prime
numero primo ― prime number
Derived terms
Noun
primo m (plural primi , feminine prima )
first , first one
former ( first of aforementioned two items )
Descendants
Noun
primo m (plural primi )
( cooking ) Clipping of primo piatto ; first course , starter
Coordinate term: secondo
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From prīmus ( “ first ” ) + -ō .
Adverb
prīmō (not comparable )
first , firstly , first of all , first up , at first , before all else
Etymology 2
Inflected form of prīmus ( “ first ” ) .
Adjective
prīmō
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 )
( Old Lombard ) the first
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese primo , from Latin (cōnsōbrīnus ) prīmus .
Noun
primo m (plural primos , feminine prima , feminine plural primas )
male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)
Etymology 2
From Latin prīmus , from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos .
Noun
primo m (plural primos )
prime (number)
Etymology 3
Verb
primo
first-person singular present indicative of premir
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian primo or French primo .
Adverb
primo
firstly , first
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɾimo/
Rhymes: -imo
Syllabification: pri‧mo
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin (cōnsobrīnus ) prīmus .
Noun
primo m (plural primos , feminine prima , feminine plural primas )
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 )
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 quotation)
Derived terms
Noun
primo m (plural primos )
( mathematics ) prime number
Synonym: número primo
Noun
primo m (plural primos )
( colloquial ) sucker , gullible person
Synonym: pardillo
Derived terms
Verb
primo
first-person singular present indicative of premir
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 )
cousin
Synonym: pinsan
friend
Synonym: kaibigan
Further reading
“primo ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018