primitivo, va

Translation

adj.

› (simple)

⇨ primitive

Los primeros pobladores tuvieron que soportar unas condiciones de vida muy primitivas

Early settlers had to cope with very primitive living conditions

⇨ primal form

miedos primitivos

primal fears

› (hecho por primera vez)

⇨ original

› (de los orígenes)

⇨ primitive

una especie primitiva

a primitive species

⇨ primeval

(Definition of primitivo, va adj. from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact Español-Inglés © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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