primero
See also: Primero
English
Etymology
From Spanish primera, from primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier.
Noun
primero (uncountable)
- An old card game resembling poker.
- 1613, William Shakespeare; [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act V, scene i]:
- I did Sir Thomas, and left him at Primero
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for primero in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Asturian
Adjective
primero
- neuter of primeru
Ladino
Adjective
primero (Latin spelling)
- first
- 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim, archived from the original on 3 December 2020, retrieved 3 April 2020, page 11:
- La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.
- The first of these is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaicisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used to this day.
- 2019, Silvyo OVADYA, “Hanukah Alegre”, in Şalom Gazetesi:
- Alhad la noche vamos a asender la primera kandela de muestras Hanukiyas.
- Sunday night we're going to light the first candle on our Hanukiyas.
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Spanish
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| Cardinal: uno Apocopated cardinal: un Ordinal: primero Apocopated ordinal: primer Ordinal abbreviation: 1.º Multiplier: simple Distributive: sendos | ||||
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Alternative forms
- (adjective, first): 1.º m, 1.ª f (abbreviation)
Etymology
From Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾiˈmeɾo/ [pɾiˈme.ɾo]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eɾo
- Syllabification: pri‧me‧ro
Noun
primero m (plural primeros)
- former (in contrast to the latter), first, first one
- one of the five bids in the card game of Primero, consisting of a combination of four cards in the hand
Antonyms
- último
Adjective
primero (masculine singular before a noun primer, feminine primera, masculine plural primeros, feminine plural primeras)
- (ordinal number) first, first up
- top (head)
- Mi sobrino se graduó como el primero de su clase.
- My nephew graduated at the top of his class.
- chief, fundamental
- prime, initial, front
- Sería un lugar primero para el establecimiento humano.
- It would be a prime place for human settlement.
- Mira la primera plana.
- Check out the front page.
Usage notes
- Most Spanish adjectives appear after the modified noun when used attributively. Forms of primero, however, can appear before the modified noun.
- When used before a modified masculine singular noun, the apocopate form primer is used instead of primero:
- Es el primer hijo. ― [He] is the first son.
- Es el hijo primero. ― [He] is the first son.
- This adjective is often used substantively, with the modified noun implied but omitted.
- ¿Cuál hijo es? Es el primero.
- Which son is [he]? [He] is the first [son].
Derived terms
- al primer envite
- al primer golpe de vista
- a primera hora
- a primera vista
- a primeros
- a primeros de
- de buenas a primeras
- de primera línea
- de primera mano
- de primera necesidad
- de primero
- de primer orden
- en primera instancia
- en primer lugar
- en primer término
- ir de primero
- juzgado de primera instancia
- lo primero es lo primero
- primera comunión
- primera dama
- primera enseñanza
- primera instancia
- primera línea
- primera luz
- primera ministra
- primer amor
- primera persona
- primera posición
- primeras letras
- primer ministro
- primer movimiento
- primer mundo
- primero espada
- primer oficial
- primeros auxilios
- primer plano
- sobre de primer día
Adverb
primero
- first, first of all, firstly
Derived terms
- disparar primero y preguntar después
Further reading
- “primero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014