primar
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin prīmārius, with the first meaning, the rest are neological.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /priˈmar/
Adjective
primar m or n (feminine singular primară, masculine plural primari, feminine and neuter plural primare)
- (of cousins) first
- primary
- elementary
- primeval
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | primar | primară | primari | primare | |||
| definite | primarul | primara | primarii | primarele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | primar | primare | primari | primare | |||
| definite | primarului | primarei | primarilor | primarelor | ||||
Noun
primar m (plural primari)
- mayor, village magistrate
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | primar | primarul | primari | primarii | |
| genitive-dative | primar | primarului | primari | primarilor | |
| vocative | primarule | primarilor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾiˈmaɾ/ [pɾiˈmaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: pri‧mar
Verb
primar (first-person singular present primo, first-person singular preterite primé, past participle primado)
- to predominate
- Synonym: predominar
- to give priority
Conjugation
Conjugation of primar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | primar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | primando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | primado | primada | |||||
| plural | primados | primadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | primo | primastú primásvos |
prima | primamos | primáis | priman | |
| imperfect | primaba | primabas | primaba | primábamos | primabais | primaban | |
| preterite | primé | primaste | primó | primamos | primasteis | primaron | |
| future | primaré | primarás | primará | primaremos | primaréis | primarán | |
| conditional | primaría | primarías | primaría | primaríamos | primaríais | primarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | prime | primestú primésvos2 |
prime | primemos | priméis | primen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
primara | primaras | primara | primáramos | primarais | primaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
primase | primases | primase | primásemos | primaseis | primasen | |
| future1 | primare | primares | primare | primáremos | primareis | primaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | primatú primávos |
prime | primemos | primad | primen | ||
| negative | no primes | no prime | no primemos | no priméis | no primen | ||
Selected combined forms of primar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive primar | dative | primarme | primarte | primarle, primarse | primarnos | primaros | primarles, primarse |
| accusative | primarme | primarte | primarlo, primarla, primarse | primarnos | primaros | primarlos, primarlas, primarse | |
| with gerund primando | dative | primándome | primándote | primándole, primándose | primándonos | primándoos | primándoles, primándose |
| accusative | primándome | primándote | primándolo, primándola, primándose | primándonos | primándoos | primándolos, primándolas, primándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative prima | dative | prímame | prímate | prímale | prímanos | not used | prímales |
| accusative | prímame | prímate | prímalo, prímala | prímanos | not used | prímalos, prímalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative primá | dative | primame | primate | primale | primanos | not used | primales |
| accusative | primame | primate | primalo, primala | primanos | not used | primalos, primalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative prime | dative | prímeme | not used | prímele, prímese | prímenos | not used | prímeles |
| accusative | prímeme | not used | prímelo, prímela, prímese | prímenos | not used | prímelos, prímelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative primemos | dative | not used | primémoste | primémosle | primémonos | primémoos | primémosles |
| accusative | not used | primémoste | primémoslo, primémosla | primémonos | primémoos | primémoslos, primémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative primad | dative | primadme | not used | primadle | primadnos | primaos | primadles |
| accusative | primadme | not used | primadlo, primadla | primadnos | primaos | primadlos, primadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative primen | dative | prímenme | not used | prímenle | prímennos | not used | prímenles, prímense |
| accusative | prímenme | not used | prímenlo, prímenla | prímennos | not used | prímenlos, prímenlas, prímense | |
Related terms
Further reading
- “primar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024