Comments for PRIMO:

Primo Levi (July 31, 1919 – April 11, 1987) was a Jewish Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author of memoirs, short stories, poems, and novels.

He is best known for his work on the Holocaust, and in particular his account of the year he spent as a prisoner in Auschwitz, the infamous death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. If This Is a Man (published in the United States as Survival in Auschwitz) has been described as one of the most important works of the twentieth century.

-- sweetbabe  12/31/2006

1. It means "cousin" in Spanish.
2. It also can be used as an insult to call someone that. "Dunderhead" or something.

-- Anonymous User  6/2/2007

Primo is also the Portuguese form of Primus. [noted -ed]

-- Lucille  3/24/2008

It is common in Italian families, especially in the boom of births that followed WWII and/or in large families with many children, to name the children for the order in which they are born. So the first child/son would be named "Primo" (first),"Secondo" for the second, "Terzo" for the third, "Quarto" for the fourth, "Quinto" for the fifth, etc.

FYI, the word in Italian for cousin is "cugino/a" and not "Primo/a" as in Spanish!

-- nmriesgo  7/6/2008

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