primitivo

adj.

1 primitive, primal, aboriginal, original.

2 primitive, gut, primary.

3 primitive, crude, lacking refinement.

m.

1 primitive.

2 Primitivo.

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primitivo

► adjetivo

1 HISTORIA primitive

2 (original) original

3 (rudimentario) basic

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(f. - primitiva)

adj.

primitive

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ADJ

1) [arte, pueblo] primitive; (=salvaje) uncivilized

en condiciones primitivas — in primitive conditions

el hombre primitivo — primitive man

2) (=original) first, original

el texto primitivo — the original text

quedan 200 de los primitivos 850 — there remain 200 from the original 850

devolver algo a su estado primitivo — to restore sth to its original state

es una obra primitiva — it is an early work

3) [color] primary

4) (Econ) [acción] ordinary

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-va adjetivo

1) primitive

los hombres primitivos — primitive o early man

2) (original) original

3) (Art) primitive

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= primitive, uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], barbaric, raw, pristine, primordial.

Ex. Primitive war dances, fertility rites, hunting games are all rituals human beings develop in their corporate as well as their private lives.

Ex. It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

Ex. The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex. Vegetable fibres in their raw state contain the necessary strands of cellulose which can be converted into paper.

Ex. Although national parks are perceived as pristine areas, many are dumping grounds for hazardous materials - everything from industrial toxins to unexploded munitions.

Ex. The author examines key passages in the 1941 Nietzsche lectures where Heidegger appears to flirt with the possibility of a more primordial sense of existence.

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* hombre primitivo, el = early man.

* impulso primitivo = primitive urge.

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-va adjetivo

1) primitive

los hombres primitivos — primitive o early man

2) (original) original

3) (Art) primitive

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= primitive, uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA], barbaric, raw, pristine, primordial.

Ex: Primitive war dances, fertility rites, hunting games are all rituals human beings develop in their corporate as well as their private lives.

Ex: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.

Ex: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.

Ex: Vegetable fibres in their raw state contain the necessary strands of cellulose which can be converted into paper.

Ex: Although national parks are perceived as pristine areas, many are dumping grounds for hazardous materials - everything from industrial toxins to unexploded munitions.

Ex: The author examines key passages in the 1941 Nietzsche lectures where Heidegger appears to flirt with the possibility of a more primordial sense of existence.

* hombre primitivo, el = early man.

* impulso primitivo = primitive urge.

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primitivo -va

adjective

A ‹pueblo/costumbres› primitive; ‹instalaciones/métodos› primitive

los hombres primitivos primitive o early man

trabajan en condiciones primitivas they work in primitive conditions

B (original) original

el texto primitivo the original text

C (Art) primitive

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primitivo

◊ -va adjetivo

primitive
primitivo,-a adjetivo
1 (civilización, cultura) primitive
2 (estado originario) original
la estructura primitiva de la casa, the original structure of the house
3 (grosero) rude, coarse

'primitivo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
primitiva
- primario
- salvaje
English:
crude
- early
- first
- primaeval
- primitive
- barbaric

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primitivo, -a adj

1. [arcaico, rudimentario] primitive

2. [original] original

3. Arte primitivist

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primitivo

adj

1 (prehistórico, rudimentario) primitive

2 (original) original

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primitivo, -va adj

1) : primitive

2) original: original

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primitivo adj primitive