primo
primo Lexical Profile
primo Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
North American Of the highest quality, importance, or excellence (used informally).
"The restaurant managed to secure a primo location right on the waterfront."
• noun
The leading or upper part in a musical duet, especially for the piano, or the performer who plays it.
"Because she could read treble clef much faster than her partner, she was assigned the primo in the four-hand piano sonata."
The first main course of a traditional formal Italian meal, typically consisting of pasta, risotto, gnocchi, or soup served before the meat or fish course.
"For the primo, the chef prepared a delicate saffron risotto before bringing out the roasted sea bass."
American A male cousin or close male friend (used especially in Chicano and Southwestern American English).
"He spent the weekend helping his primo repair the roof on the family ranch."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Italian primo ('first, foremost'), and in the sense of 'male cousin' from Spanish primo, both ultimately derived from Latin primus ('first, finest').