primer

/pɾiˈmeɾ/, [pɾiˈmeɾ]

first

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Dale un respiro John. Es su primer día en el trabajo.

Cut him some slack, John. It's his first day on the job.

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Yo soy el primer músico en mi familia.

I am the first musician in my family.

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Este es el primer tomo de una serie sobre la filosofía moderna.

This is the first volume of a series on modern philosophy.

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Mary sufrió una severa depresión posparto después del nacimiento de su primer hijo.

Mary suffered from severe postnatal depression after the birth of her first child.

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Tom y Mary están planeando hacerse construir una casa luego de tener su primer hijo.

Tom and Mary are planning to have a house built after they have their first child.

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Este fue su primer trabajo.

This was her first job.

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Tuve mi primer periodo a los 13 años.

I had my first period when I was 13 years old.

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Esta mañana me levanté a las cuatro para llegar a tiempo para el primer tren.

This morning I got up at four so as to be in time for the first train.

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Fue Janet quien ganó el primer premio.

It was Janet that won first prize.

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Lo conozco por su primer nombre.

I know him by his first name.

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El primer grupo estudia en la mañana, y el segundo en la noche.

The first group studies in the morning, and the second group studies in the afternoon.

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Cristóbal Colón era conocido por silenciar a su despertador repetidamente golpeándolo con su puño. Desafortunadamente, su "despertador" era normalmente su primer oficial.

Christopher Columbus was notorious for repeatedly snoozing his alarm clock by hitting it with his fist. Unfortunately, his "alarm clock" was usually his first mate.

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Llegando al fin de cada año (esto es, el último día del calendario lunar) no era sólo un nuevo día reemplazando al anterior, sino también un nuevo año reemplazando al anterior, y esto se llamaba "primer intercambio".

Arriving at the end of each year (that is, the last day of the lunar calendar) wasn't just a new day taking over from the previous one, but also a new year taking over from the previous one, and this was called 'first exchange'.

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Ella dio luz a su primer hijo a los veinte años de edad.

She gave birth to her first child at twenty years old.

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¿Cuál fue el resultado del primer tiempo?

What was the score at halftime?

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Mary y Tom estaban en shock cuando vieron a Oliver volver con su primer tatuaje.

Mary and Tom were shocked when they saw Oliver come back with his first tattoo.

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El primer paso es el más difícil.

The first step is the hardest.

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Me quedé dormido y me perdí el primer tren.

I slept late and I missed the first train.

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Me apuré para alcanzar el primer tren.

I hurried in order to catch the first train.

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Él obtuvo el primer premio en la carrera de los cien metros.

He got the first prize in a 100m race.

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