primórdio
Portuguese, noun/pɾiˈmɔʁ.d͡ʒju/
primórdio is spelled P-R-I-M-Ó-R-D-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primórdio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “primordium” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o que se ordena ou organiza primeiro”.
What does primórdio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimordium
- 2
masculinethe beginning(s)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o que se ordena ou organiza primeiro 2. origem, fonte
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 primórdio
- primórdios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce primórdio?
- Brazil /pɾiˈmɔʁ.d͡ʒju/
- Brazil [pɾiˈmɔɦ.d͡ʒju]
- /pɾiˈmɔɾ.d͡ʒju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to primórdio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primórdio in Portuguese?
primórdio appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).