primo
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾĩ.mu/
primo is spelled P-R-I-M-O (5 letters) and appears 32 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,772nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “male cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of premir. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filho da tia ou do tio; possuí em comum com outrem, zero pais e dois avós em comum”.
What does primo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemale cousin (son of a person’s uncle or aunt)
adjective
- 1
prime (having no factors except itself and unity)
- 2
first; prime (first in order)
- 3
prime (first in excellence)
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of número primo (“prime number”)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of premir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. tipo de número que só é divisível por um e por si mesmo
noun: 1. filho da tia ou do tio; possuí em comum com outrem, zero pais e dois avós em comum
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), 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 Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce primo?
- Brazil /ˈpɾĩ.mu/
- Portugal /ˈpɾi.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to primo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primo in Portuguese?
primo appears 32 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).