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primo

Spanish, noun

primo is spelled P-R-I-M-O (5 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cousin (of male or unspecified gender)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of premir. With an accent, primó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of primar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hijo del tío de alguien”.

What does primo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecousin (of male or unspecified gender)

  2. 2

    Spainmasculineslangcuz, man, bro, homie

    ¿Quieres problemas, primo?

adjective

  1. 1

    first

  2. 2

    prime

noun

  1. 1

    masculineprime number

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinesucker, gullible person

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of premir

  2. 2

    first-person singular present indicative of primar

verb

as primó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of primar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Hijo del tío de alguien. 2. Por extensión, pariente colateral más lejano, posponiéndose opcionalmente la cantidad de vínculos intermedios: primo segundo, primo tercero. 3. Persona ingenua a la que es fácil engañar.

adjective: 1. Dicho de un número, que no tiene divisores distintos de sí mismo y la unidad. 2. Variante anticuada de primero.

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 primo

  • primos plural
  • prima feminine
  • primas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to primo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is primo in Spanish?

primo appears 26 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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