primate
Spanish, noun/pɾiˈmate/
primate is spelled P-R-I-M-A-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 57,592nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primate is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “primate (animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a second-person singular voseo imperative of primar combined with te. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Orden de los primates”.
What does primate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimate (animal)
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of primar combined with te
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Perteneciente o relacionado con el orden biológico de mamíferos al que pertenecen el hombre y sus parientes más cercanos. Los primates tienen 5 dedos (pentadactilia), con uñas, con pulgar oponible, al menos en las extremidades superiores, un patrón dental común, y un primitivo (no especializado) diseño corporal.
noun: 1. Orden de los primates.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of primate
- primates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce primate?
- /pɾiˈmate/
- [pɾiˈma.t̪e]
- [pɾiˈmat̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to primate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primate in Spanish?
primate appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).