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pri⋅mo

[pree-moh; for 1, 2 also It. pree-maw] noun, plural -mos, -mi [-mee] , adjective
–noun Music.
1. the part of a piano duet played on the upper half of the keyboard.
2. the first or leading part in an ensemble.
–adjective
3. Slang.
a. first-class: dinner at a primo restaurant.
b. highly valuable or most essential: the primo player on the team.

Origin:
1785–95; < It: lit., first < L prīmus. See prime
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pri·mo   (prē'mō)   
n.   pl. pri·mi (-mē) also pri·mos (-mōz) Music
The principal part in a duet or ensemble composition.
adj.  
  1. First.

  2. Slang

    1. Exceptionally good of its kind; first-class.

    2. Highly or most valuable.


[Italian, from Old Italian, first, from Latin prīmus; see per1 in Indo-European roots.]
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(el) primo [(ɛl) ˈprimo]

  1. mod.
    [of something] top quality. (From Spanish for the first.) : I want some more of that el primo C.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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primo [ˈprimo]

  1. mod.
    great; first-class. : This pizza is really primo.

  2. Go to (el) primo. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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