primar
Romanian
Alternative forms
- примар (primar) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling
Etymology
Inherited from Latin prīmārius in the first meaning; the rest are semantic borrowings.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /priˈmar/
- Rhymes: -ar
- Hyphenation: pri‧mar
Adjective
primar m or n (feminine singular primară, masculine plural primari, feminine/neuter plural primare)
- (of cousins) first
- primary
- (education) elementary, primary
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 | ||||
Alternative forms
- primare — obsolete
Derived terms
Noun
primar m (plural primari)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | primar | primarul | primari | primarii | |
| genitive-dative | primar | primarului | primari | primarilor | |
| vocative | primarule | primarilor | |||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “primar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
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 tuteo 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 voseo 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025