prima
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾĩ.mɐ/
prima is spelled P-R-I-M-A (5 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,874th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prima is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “an instrument’s thinnest string” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of primo (“female cousin”).
What does prima mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefemale equivalent of primo (“female cousin”)
- 2
femininean instrument’s thinnest string
- 3
femininethe first canonical hour
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefemale
Açor-prima.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of prima
- primas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prima?
- Brazil /ˈpɾĩ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpɾi.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prima
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prima in Portuguese?
prima appears 31 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).