primogénito

See also: primogenito and primogênito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɾi.mɔˈʒɛ.ni.tu/

• Hyphenation: pri‧mo‧gé‧ni‧to

Adjective

primogénito (feminine primogénita, masculine plural primogénitos, feminine plural primogénitas)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of primogênito.

Noun

primogénito m (plural primogénitos, feminine primogénita, feminine plural primogénitas)

1. European Portuguese standard spelling of primogênito.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin prīmōgenitus (“first-born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾimoˈxenito/ [pɾi.moˈxe.ni.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -enito
• Syllabification: pri‧mo‧gé‧ni‧to

Adjective

primogénito (feminine primogénita, masculine plural primogénitos, feminine plural primogénitas)

1. firstborn

Noun

primogénito m (plural primogénitos, feminine primogénita, feminine plural primogénitas)

1. firstborn

Further reading

• “primogénito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16