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Meanings of prima in inglés

Indicating the most important performer or role.

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Usage of prima in inglés
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Caffarelli's high notes weren't so good tonight; the prima donna was dreadful.
Cry to heaven
2
The tribunal ruled there were no prima facie cases on nine allegations.
Radio NZ
3
There are a variety of reasons this would be prima facie wrong.
Is Human Nature Obsolete?
4
The French plenipotentiary sends this prima donna to sing before the emperor.
Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
5
And they didn't come with the prima-donna attitude typical of movie sets.
The new yorker
6
Unlike with human players, there are no prima donnas among the robots.
The Guardian
7
The words prima donna interested me at once, and I followed him.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 0...
8
She is the most comfortable-looking prima donna that has ever visited Chicago.
Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
9
She wears cheap dresses which she bought second-hand from the prima donna.
A Hungarian Nabob
10
Tar Heels coach Roy Williams was livid, calling his team prima donnas.
Reuters
11
What choreographer enjoys the unique distinction of having been a prima ballerina?
The new yorker
12
There's my opera-cloak and the breakfast in the prima donna's boudoir, and-
The Judgment House
13
She was a royal pain to work with, a fucking prima donna!
Body work
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Underwood, sir, surely the prima donna's own mother should not be excluded.
The Long Vacation
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What is very singular, I now lost sight of my 'prima donna.'
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 4, April, 1864
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Did you know Stella used to warble like a prima donna, Jack?
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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