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See also: primör
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]primor f (uncountable)
References
[edit]- “primor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin primoris.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]primor m (plural primores)
- (uncountable) finesse, perfection, excellence, delicacy
- 2019 February 19, Mariana Fernandes, Ronaldo bisou mas a Juventus não foi além de um empate com o Parma de Bruno Alves (3-3) [Ronaldo scored twice, but Juventus was held to a draw by Bruno Alves' Parma (3-3)][1]:
- O momento mais pressionante do Parma, porém, não se estendeu por muito mais do que cinco minutos e rapidamente a Juventus voltou a tomar o controlo do jogo, principalmente graças a três grandes exibições: Cristiano Ronaldo, como não poderia deixar de ser; Mario Mandzukic, que não tendo a classe e o primor de Dybala é anos luz [sic] mais influente do que o argentino [...]
- Parma's most pressuring moment, however, didn't last much longer than five minutes and Juventus soon regained control of the game, mainly thanks to three great displays: Cristiano Ronaldo, of course; Mario Mandzukic, who lacks Dybala's class and finesse but is light years more influential than the Argentine [...]
- 2017 October 31, Daniela "Nayuki" Amorim, High School DxD BorN – Análise [High School DxD BorN – Analysis][2]:
- Algo que no geral também deve ser aqui apresentado: o fan service. O primor de High School DxD deve-se em grande parte ao seu ecchi sem censura [...]
- Something that in general should also be mentioned here is fanservice. The excellence of High School DxD is largely due to its uncensored ecchi [...]
- (countable) something or someone that stands out due to one or more positive qualities; delight
- 1846, Gonçalves Dias, Primeiros Cantos [First Cantos][3], Poesias Americanas, Canção do Exílio [Poems of the Americas, Exile Song]:
- Minha terra tem primores, que tais não encontro eu cá;
[...]
Não permita Deus que eu morra, sem que eu volte para lá;
sem que desfrute os primores que não encontro por cá;
[...]- Such delights as my land offers are not found here nor elsewhere;
[...]
Don’t allow me, God, to die without getting back to where I belong;
without enjoying the delights found only there;
[...]
- Such delights as my land offers are not found here nor elsewhere;
- 2019 February 16, Reinaldo Glioche, Com sotaque inglês, "A Favorita" traz choque entre clássico e moderno ao Oscar [With an English accent, "The Favourite" brings a clash between classic and modern to the Oscars][4]:
- O roteiro e os diálogos são um primor, bem como toda a parte técnica - devidamente ornada pelas indicações - e favorecem um filme que pode causar estranheza para olhos viciados, mas que ganha pontos por essa insubordinação artística.
- The script and the dialogues are a delight, as well as the entire technical side—duly adorned by the nominations—, and favor a film that may cause strangeness to addicted eyes but wins points for this artistic insubordination.
Derived terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin primoris (“foremost”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]primor m (plural primores)
- (uncountable) skill, care
- Synonyms: maña, esmero
- lo describe con primor
- he describes it carefully
- Realiza la faena con primor.
- She goes about the task skillfully
- 1888, Eduardo Acevedo Díaz, Ismael[5], Buenos Aires: La Tribuna Nacional:
- Y también recordaba que a la vuelta, después de las horas robadas en siestas al trabajo se arreglaba con primor el pañuelo al cuello […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- lovely thing, gem
Further reading
[edit]- “primor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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