primero

American  

[pri-mair-oh] / prɪˈmɛər oʊ /

noun

1. a card game fashionable in England in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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primero British  

/ prɪˈmɛərəʊ /

noun

1. a 16th- and 17th-century card game

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Etymology

Origin of primero

1525–35; < Spanish: literally, first < Latin prīmārius primary

Example Sentences

Pero primero regístrate llenando el formulario antes mencionado.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2023

“Lo primero que deben saber los miembros de la comunidad es que no ofrecemos servicios clínicos”, aclaró Farole.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2022

El ayudante del alguacil del condado de Los Ángeles, Carlos González, llegó primero a la escena, dijo.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2021

Suárez, calvo, con anteojos y guayabera blanca, tomó primero el micrófono, haciendo el papel de viejo estadista.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 19, 2019

The licentiate was much addicted to cards, particularly at the games of triumpho and primero, on which circumstance one of Guzmans friends played him the following trick to hold him up to ridicule.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 04 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert