primero

Borrowed from Spanish primera, feminine form of primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier.

primero (uncountable)

1. A card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.
   • 1613 (date written), 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, [Act V, scene i], page 227, column 1:

     [Thomas] Lou[ell]. Came you from the King, my Lord? / [Stephen] Gar[diner]. I did Sir Thomas; and left him at Primero / With the Duke of Suffolke.

• “primero”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

primero

1. neuter of primeru

Inherited from Old Spanish primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius.

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primero (Hebrew spelling פרימירו)^[1]

1. first

   Antonyms: final, último

   • 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎^[1], archived from the original on 3 December 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^[2]:

     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.

primero (Hebrew spelling פרימירו)^[1]

1. first; first of all; firstly

   Synonym: en primero

   • 1987, Aki Yerushalayim‎^[3], numbers 32–40, page 37:

     Primero es ke esto asemeja al butikario ke saviendo ke la ropa ke tiene es muy fina, kuando le viene algun mushteri la va sonando akeya ropa entre las manos para darle avizo ke es muy buena i siendo save ke es muy rezia no se espanta ke se arazge.

     Firstly, it is that this compares with the shopkeeper who knows that he has very fine clothing, when some customer comes to him he is going to advertise that clothing in his hands, giving him pretty good advice, and knowing that it is very strong he is not afraid of it tearing.

Inherited from Latin prīmārius.

primero

1. (ordinal number) first (first up)
   • 1265, Alfonso X of Castile, Siete Partidas, Primera Partida, I.V.XIII:

     […] et las primeras, que son de verano, comienzan en el segundo miercoles de quaraesma, et las segundas, que son del estivo, comienzan en el primero miercoles despues de cinquaesma […]

     And the first [set of Ember Days], which are in spring, begin on the second Wednesday of Lent, while the second [set of Ember Days], which are in summer, begin on the first Wednesday after Pentecost.

• Ladino: primero, פרימירו
• Spanish: primero
  • Tagalog: primero

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

• 1.º m, 1.ª f (adjective, first, abbreviation)

Inherited from Old Spanish primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. Doublet of primario.

• IPA^(key): /pɾiˈmeɾo/ [pɾiˈme.ɾo]

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• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pri‧me‧ro

primero m (plural primeros)

1. former (in contrast to the latter), first, first one
2. one of the five bids in the card game of Primero, consisting of a combination of four cards in the hand

• último

primero (masculine singular before a noun primer, feminine primera, masculine plural primeros, feminine plural primeras)

1. (ordinal number) first, first up
2. top (head)

   Mi sobrino se graduó como el primero de su clase.

   My nephew graduated at the top of his class.

3. chief, fundamental
4. 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.

• 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].

primero

1. first; first of all; firstly

• “primero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Borrowed from Spanish primero, from Latin prīmārius.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pɾiˈmeɾo/ [pɾɪˈmɛː.ɾo]
• Rhymes: -eɾo
• Syllabification: pri‧me‧ro

primero (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜋᜒᜇᜓ)

1. masculine of primera