No. 384 in Spanish
primero
First.
In a sentence
Primero, necesitas mirar ambos lados de la calle antes de cruzar.
First, you need to look both ways of the street before crossing.
Here, 'primero' is used as an adverb to mean 'first' or 'as the first step' in a sequence of actions.
El primer paso para aprender un idioma es practicar diariamente.
The first step to learning a language is to practice daily.
In this sentence, 'primer' (a form of 'primero') acts as an adjective modifying 'paso,' meaning 'the first' in a sequence.
Llegamos primero al lugar de la reunión.
We arrived first at the meeting location.
Here, 'primero' is used again as an adverb to indicate that the subject was the first to arrive.
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