primo

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/ˈpɹiː.moʊ/

noun

The principal part of a duet.

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Meanings

nounprimo (plural primos)

plural primos

  1. entertainmentThe principal part of a duet.
  2. slangdrugsAny high-quality drug.
  3. slangdrugsA marijuana cigarette that has been laced with cocaine or heroin.
adjectiveprimo (not comparable)
  1. colloquialnot comparableBest; first-class.

    Like me, you will be so embarrassed for Earth’s primo edgelord that he feels pressed into doing something so excruciatingly conventional. This is worse than when Kate Moss was scapegoated into rehab.

    2025 June 13, Marina Hyde, “So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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    We strung Christmas lights around the ceiling to frame it. The final touches of coolness were my two spinning disco lights in the front room. That apartment was like my canvas and it was a primo party spot.

    2010, Marie Kanger-Born, Confessions of a Chicago Punk Bystander, page 16

    I had to contort a bit to see during Act I, but the theater was not full — opera tickets, even at such prices, are a luxury for many Hungarians — so during the first intermission I moved to a primo orchestra seat, with not just the knowledge but the assistance of an usher.

    2014 January 30, Seth Kugel, “Wintertime Bargains in Budapest”, in The New York Times

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivethe best of its kind

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Origin

  1. Italianprimo“first”
  2. Englishprimo

Borrowed from Italian primo (“first”). Doublet of prime and primus.

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Translations

Spanish polenta, principal
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APA

primo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primo

MLA

“primo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primo. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primo,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primo.

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