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primeiro

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Galician

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Galician numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal (standard / masculine): un
    Cardinal (standard / feminine): unha
    Cardinal (reintegrationist / masculine): um
    Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): umha, uma
    Ordinal: primeiro
    Ordinal abbreviation:

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. first
    Antonyms: derradeiro, último
    • 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
      eu quero ser a permeyra,
      que lle ofrezo decontado
      trinta netos de Manteyga
      I want to be the first one,
      because I offer her right away
      thirty pints of butter
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Adverb

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primeiro

  1. first

References

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

  1. first, ordinal form of ũu

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Fala: primeiru
  • Galician: primeiro
  • Portuguese: primeiro

Adverb

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primeiro

  1. Synonym of primeiramente

Further reading

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Portuguese

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Portuguese numbers (edit)
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    Cardinal: um
    Ordinal: primeiro
    Ordinal abbreviation: 1.º
    Multiplier: único, singular

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese primeiro, from Latin prīmārius (one of the first), from prīmus (first). Doublet of primário. By surface analysis, primo +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾiˈme(j).ɾu/ [pɾiˈme(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /pɾiˈme(j).ɾo/ [pɾiˈme(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 

Adjective

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

  1. first (ordinal form of um (one))
    Antonyms: último, derradeiro

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:primeiro.

Noun

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primeiro m (plural primeiros)

  1. the first one
  2. first (the first day of the month)

Usage notes

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Other days of the month are expressed with cardinals rather than ordinals.

Adverb

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primeiro (not comparable)

  1. first (before all others)
    Eu fiz isso primeiro.
    I did that first.
  2. first of all (used to introduce the first of a series of remarks, often with an angry tone)
    Synonym: primeiramente
    Primeiro, você não tem evidência de nada disso.
    First of all, you have no evidence of any of that.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:primeiro.