prima — meaning in English

English meaning

• dandy noun A man who is unusually preoccupied with his clothes, grooming, and refined manners.
• great adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
• neat adj Tidy and orderly; clean in appearance.
• swell verb To grow bigger, especially by filling with fluid or gas.

Senses

prima is used for these senses in English:

• dandy Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
• neat (North American, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable; interesting; cool.
• swell (North America, dated, _, slang) Excellent.
• swell (North America, informal) Very well.

dandy — full definition

1. noun A man who is unusually preoccupied with his clothes, grooming, and refined manners.
2. adj Very good or fine, in an old-fashioned, cheerful sense.

great — full definition

1. adj Very large in size, extent, or degree.
2. adj Excellent or very good.
3. adj Important or highly significant.
4. adj Used before "grand-" to add an extra generation of family relationship.

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