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No. 50 in Spanish

primera

"Primera" in English means "first" (feminine form).

In a sentence

  • Ella llegó en primera clase al evento.

    She arrived in first class to the event.

    The word 'primera' is used here as an ordinal number modifying 'clase', indicating a rank in quality or priority.

  • La primera impresión es importante.

    The first impression is important.

    Here, 'primera' describes 'impresión' as the initial or earliest in order relative to subsequent impressions.

  • Este es el primer paso del proyecto.

    This is the first step of the project.

    Although 'primera' isn't used directly in this sentence, it demonstrates how ordinal numbers adapt in gender agreement, replacing it with 'primer' before 'paso' (masculine singular noun).

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