Category: GovernancePart of speech: nounDifficulty: CommonRecommended for ★ UPSC
primeiro-ministro
/primeiro-ministro/Roman
English meaning: Prime Minister
Definition
Head of government.
Usage — When, Where & How
Formal to neutral; a fixed compound (hyphenated) for the head of government in parliamentary systems. More relevant to Portugal and Europe than to Brazil's presidential system.
Common Collocations
- primeiro-ministro do governo
- cargo de primeiro-ministro
- nomear o primeiro-ministro
- gabinete do primeiro-ministro
- ex-primeiro-ministro
Word Forms
m. (fem. primeira-ministra); pl. primeiros-ministros
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Literary Heritage
“A única forma de combater o absurdo é o lúcido.”
“The only way to combat the absurd is through clarity.”
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- Latin
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- Romance
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