primary

principal

Más importante que todo lo demás en una situación.

En inglés sencillo: More important than anything else involved.

• Safety is our primary concern.
• Her primary reason for moving was work.
• What is the primary purpose of this meeting?

Sinónimos: main, chief, principal

Antónimos: secondary

Expresiones frecuentes: primary concern, primary purpose, primary responsibility

primario, inicial

Que aparece primero en una serie o pertenece a la etapa más temprana.

En inglés sencillo: Coming first in a series or at the earliest stage.

• She teaches at a primary school.
• Children receive primary education before secondary education.
• The primary stage of the process takes two days.

Sinónimos: first, initial

Expresiones frecuentes: primary school, primary education, primary stage

primario, básico

Simple o fundamental, y sirve de base para crear o desarrollar otras cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Basic or simple, with other things built or developed from it.

• Red is a primary color in this paint set.
• Mixing primary colors produces other colors.
• The diagram shows the primary elements of the system.

Sinónimos: basic, fundamental

Antónimos: secondary

Expresiones frecuentes: primary colors, primary colours, primary elements

primario

Que se forma primero y del que después se desarrollan otras cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Formed first, before later things develop from it.

• The rock still contains its primary minerals.
• Primary tissues form before later growth begins.
• Scientists examined the plant’s primary structure.

Sinónimos: original, initial

Antónimos: secondary

Expresiones frecuentes: primary minerals, primary tissue, primary structure

primarias

Elección para escoger al candidato de un partido o reducir el número de candidatos antes de otra elección.

En inglés sencillo: An election to choose a party’s candidate for a later election, or to narrow the candidates.

• She won the primary.
• Voters will choose their candidate in Tuesday’s primary.
• Several states hold primaries next month.

Sinónimos: primary election

Expresiones frecuentes: win a primary, presidential primary, party primary

escuela primaria

Escuela a la que van los niños antes de pasar a la secundaria.

En inglés sencillo: A school for young children before they move to secondary school.

• Our village has one primary.
• She teaches at the local primary.
• Both primaries are accepting new pupils.

Sinónimos: primary school, elementary school

Expresiones frecuentes: local primary, village primary, attend a primary

foco primario

Lugar del cuerpo donde comenzó una enfermedad, especialmente un cáncer.

En inglés sencillo: The place in the body where a disease, especially cancer, first began.

• Doctors could not locate the primary.
• Tests showed that the primary was in the lung.
• The cancer had spread from a small primary.

Sinónimos: primary site

Expresiones frecuentes: unknown primary, locate the primary, lung primary

primer grado

Primer año o clase de la escuela primaria.

En inglés sencillo: The first year or class in elementary school.

• The old register lists him in primary.
• Children in primary learned to read simple words.
• She entered primary when she was six.

Sinónimos: first grade

Expresiones frecuentes: in primary, enter primary