primeiro

Galician

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. first

Antonyms

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/
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mei‧ro

Adjective

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

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:primeiro.

Noun

primeiro m (plural primeiros)

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

Usage notes

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

Adverb

primeiro (not comparable)

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

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:primeiro.

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