PRIMO
What does "PRIMO" mean?
Of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent.
Meanings
- Top quality; the very best. These are primo seats, right behind home plate. informal
- In a piano duet, the upper or leading part, played by the player on the right. She took the primo while her teacher played the secondo. technical
Did you know?
- In a piano duet the two players literally hold ranks: the higher part is the 'primo' (first) and the lower is the 'secondo' (second), straight from the Italian.
Word origin
From Italian and Spanish 'primo' (first), from Latin 'primus' (first); adopted into English slang in the 20th century as a term of high praise.
Remember it
PRIMO = 'prime' + O, the Italian 'first' - top of the line.
A little poem
Two hands climb high and call it primo;
the best seat, the loud note, the long crescendo.
couplet
Wordplay
- My cousin keeps bragging his salsa is primo - in Spanish that just means he's calling himself 'cousin' and 'first-rate' at once.
What it teaches
Calling something 'first' is easy; earning the rank is the part that takes practice.
Quick facts
What does PRIMO mean?
Of the highest quality; first-rate, excellent.
Is PRIMO a valid word?
Yes — PRIMO is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is PRIMO?
PRIMO has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does PRIMO come from?
From Italian and Spanish 'primo' (first), from Latin 'primus' (first); adopted into English slang in the 20th century as a term of high praise.
What can PRIMO teach us?
Calling something 'first' is easy; earning the rank is the part that takes practice.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.