Primitiva in english
Primitive
pronunciation: prɪmətɪv part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: prɪmətɪv part of speech: adjective
In gestures
primitivo1 = primitive ; uncivilised [uncivilized, -USA] ; barbaric ; raw ; pristine ; primordial.
Example: Primitive war dances, fertility rites, hunting games are all rituals human beings develop in their corporate as well as their private lives.Example: It was on the tip of his tongue to say: 'Must you speak to me in this uncivilized fashion?' But he discreetly forbore.Example: The novel is a crude barbaric mixture of verse and prose, poetry and realism, crammed with ghosts, corpses, maniacs all very unlike Racine.Example: Vegetable fibres in their raw state contain the necessary strands of cellulose which can be converted into paper.Example: Although national parks are perceived as pristine areas, many are dumping grounds for hazardous materials - everything from industrial toxins to unexploded munitions.Example: The author examines key passages in the 1941 Nietzsche lectures where Heidegger appears to flirt with the possibility of a more primordial sense of existence.more:
» hombre primitivo = primitive man .
Example: Primitive man was a being barely more developed than the ape.» hombre primitivo, el = early man .
Example: Early man couldn't stomach milk, according to research.» impulso primitivo = primitive urge .
Example: Both particularly fancied the idea of Hughes as gamekeeper and bard of the primitive urges, whose animal magnetism drives women mad.primitivo2 = original.
Example: Here entry is made under the original author of an edition that has been revised, enlarged, updated, condensed, and so on by another person.more:
» en + Posesivo + estado primitivo = in + Posesivo + original state .
Example: The ramparts, thirty meters wide at the base and still in their original state, cover over four kilometers.