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primeiro

primeiro

Galician

Adjective

primeiro m (feminine singular primeira, masculine plural primeiros, feminine plural primeiras)

  1. first

Antonyms

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Adverb

primeiro

  1. first

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prīmārius (one of the first), from prīmus (first).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾi.ˈmej.ɾo/

Adjective

primeiro m (plural primeiros, feminine primeira, feminine plural primeiras)

  1. first, ordinal form of ũu

Descendants


Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Portuguese primeiro, from Latin prīmārius (one of the first), from prīmus (first). Doublet of primário.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /pɾi.ˈmɐj.ɾu/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾi.ˈme(j).ɾu/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾi.ˈme(j).ɾo/
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mei‧ro

Adverb

primeiro (not comparable)

  1. first

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:primeiro.

Adjective

primeiro m (feminine primeira, masculine plural primeiros, feminine plural primeiras)

  1. first (ordinal form of one)
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 137:
      Rony ralhou com um aluno do primeiro ano particularmente pequeno [...]
      Ron scolded a particularly small first-year student [...]

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:primeiro.

Antonyms