primar

See also: primär and primář

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)

1. (of cousins) first
2. primary
3. elementary
4. 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)

1. 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)

1. to predominate

   Synonym: predominar

2. 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

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    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

• primario
• primero
• primo

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], 2024 December 10