English-Portuguese translations for primary

• primário
  Em primeiro lugar, alterações ao direito primário. First of all, modifications to the primary legislation.
  Trata-se, aqui, de alteração do direito primário. This deals with the amending of primary law.
  Abordarei agora as questões do direito primário.Let me turn now to the issues of primary law.
• primária
  É à partida uma responsabilidade primária do Estado. The State takes the primary responsibility for them.
  Os edifícios são responsáveis por 40% do consumo de energia primária. Buildings are responsible for 40% of the consumption of primary energy.
  Há que ter presente que procuramos conseguir poupanças de energia primária. We must remember that we are looking for primary energy savings.
• primárias
• primários
  A responsabilidade pelos produtos primários fomenta o comportamento responsável por parte dos agricultores. Product liability for primary products encourages farmers to act responsibly.

Definition of primary

• first or earliest in a group or series
• main; principal; chief; placed ahead of others
• Earliest formed; fundamental
• Relating to the place where a disorder or disease started to occur
• A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party
• A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible
• A primary school
• Any flight feather attached to the manus of a bird
• A primary colour
• Primary site of disease; original location or source of the disease
• A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary
• To challenge for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election, especially one that is more ideologically extreme
• To take part in a primary election

Examples

• Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.
• Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.
• unknown primary
• most common primaries

Related words

• pre-primary
• primary school
• primary colour
• primary stress
• primary sector
• primary production
• primary sources
• primary energy
• primary care