primo
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime and primus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɹiː.moʊ/
Rhymes: -iːmoʊ
=== Noun ===
primo (plural primos)
(music) The principal part of a duet.
Coordinate term: secundo
(slang, drugs) Any high-quality drug.
(slang, drugs) A marijuana cigarette that has been laced with cocaine or heroin.
=== Adjective ===
primo (not comparable)
(colloquial) Best; first-class.
==== Translations ====
=== Related terms ===
primo uomo
=== Anagrams ===
impro
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: pri‧mo
=== Noun ===
primo
(dated) male first cousin; male full cousin
Synonym: igtagsa
==== Related terms ====
ig-agaw
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish primo (“cousin”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/, [ˈpɾi.mo]
Hyphenation: pri‧mo
=== Noun ===
primo
cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
Coordinate term: prima
== Dutch ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpri.moː/
Hyphenation: pri‧mo
Rhymes: -imoː
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin prīmō.
==== Adverb ====
primo
firstly
Synonym: ten eerste
Coordinate term: secundo
=== Etymology 2 ===
Ellipsis of Latin prīmō diē (“first day”).
==== Preposition ====
primo
(obsolete) the first day of
Coordinate term: medio
primo januari ― the first day of January
=== References ===
Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “primo”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
Matthias de Vries; Lambert Allard te Winkel (1864), “primo”, in Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal, published 2001
== Esperanto ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈprimo/
Rhymes: -imo
Syllabification: pri‧mo
=== Noun ===
primo (accusative singular primon, plural primoj, accusative plural primojn)
(mathematics) prime number
=== Further reading ===
“primo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
“primo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /pʁi.mo/
=== Adverb ===
primo
first (before anything else)
Synonym: premièrement
=== Further reading ===
“primo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Galician ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) 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 =====
(prime): número primo
==== Noun ====
primo m (plural primos)
(mathematics) prime number
===== Synonyms =====
número primo
==== Verb ====
primo
first-person singular present indicative of primar
== Hiligaynon ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/ [ˈpɾi.mo]
Hyphenation: pri‧mo
=== Noun ===
primo (feminine prima)
male cousin (of any degree of cousinhood)
==== Hypernyms ====
== Italian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
1º m, 1ª f (abbreviation, in general)
I (abbreviation, in names of monarchs and popes)
=== 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 ====
primamente
primissimo (“very first”)
=== Noun ===
primo m (plural primi, feminine prima)
first, first one
former (first of aforementioned two items)
==== Related terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ English: primo
=== Noun ===
primo m (plural primi)
(cooking) clipping of primo piatto; first course, starter
Coordinate term: secondo
=== Anagrams ===
pormi, rompi
== Ladino ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Old Spanish primo (“cousin”), from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.
==== Noun ====
primo m (Hebrew spelling פרימו)
cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inherited from Old Spanish primo (“first”), from Latin prīmus, from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos.
==== Adjective ====
primo (Hebrew spelling פרימו)
first
excellent (pretty good)
Synonym: ekselente
=== Etymology 3 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
primo
first-person singular present indicative of premir
first-person singular present indicative of primar
=== References ===
== Latin ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpriː.moː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpriː.mo]
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Adjective ====
prīmō
dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of prīmus
=== Etymology 2 ===
From prīmus (“first”) + -ō.
==== Alternative forms ====
prīmum
==== Adverb ====
prīmō (superlative, positive prae, comparative prius, adjective prīmus)
first; firstly; first of all; first up; at first; before all else
=== 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[5], London: Macmillan and Co.
== Lombard ==
=== Etymology ===
From Latin prīmus.
=== Adjective ===
primo m (feminine prima)
(Old Lombard) the first
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Adjective ===
primo m (feminine prima)
(ordinal number) first (first up)
Synonym: primeiro
=== Noun ===
primo m
cousin
==== Descendants ====
Galician: primo
Portuguese: primo
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “primo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
== Old Spanish ==
=== Adjective ===
primo m (feminine prima)
(ordinal number) first (first up)
Synonym: primero
prime (excellent)
extreme (excessive)
=== Noun ===
primo m (plural primos)
cousin
==== Descendants ====
Ladino: primo, פרימו
Spanish: primo
=== 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)
male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)
===== Descendants =====
→ Hunsrik: Prim
=== 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
=== Further reading ===
“primo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“primo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Italian primo or French primo.
=== Adverb ===
primo
firstly, first
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/ [ˈpɾi.mo]
Rhymes: -imo
Syllabification: pri‧mo
=== Etymology 1 ===
Inherited from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus (“first (cousin)”).
==== Noun ====
primo m (plural primos, feminine prima, feminine plural primas)
cousin (of male or unspecified gender)
(slang, Melilla, chiefly masculine) cuz, man, bro, homie
===== Hyponyms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Latin prīmus (“first”), from earlier prīsmos < *prīsemos < Proto-Italic *priisemos (“foremost”, superlative of pri, "before, in front").
==== Adjective ====
primo (feminine prima, masculine plural primos, feminine plural primas)
first
Synonym: primero
(mathematics) prime
===== 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 ===
“primo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“primo”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish primo, from Latin (cōnsobrīnus) prīmus.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpɾimo/ [ˈpɾiː.mo]
Rhymes: -imo
Syllabification: pri‧mo
=== Noun ===
primo (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜓ) (archaic)
cousin
Synonym: pinsan
friend
Synonym: kaibigan
=== Further reading ===
“primo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018