This here, it’s about that “el primero” thing. Sounds fancy, don’t it? Well, it ain’t as fancy as you’d think. It’s just a way of sayin’ “first” in some other language, Spanish, I reckon. Like when you’re countin’ things, you know? One, two, three, and so on. This “el primero” is just like sayin’ “number one”.
You see, folks be talkin’ different all over the place. And sometimes, you just gotta know what they’re sayin’. Like if you’re pointin’ at a row of beans, and you want the first one. You might say, “That ‘el primero’ one, right there.” That’s the first one.
Now, I heard tell there’s this thing called “second” too. They call it “segundo” in that Spanish talk. And then there’s “third,” which is “tercero.” It keeps goin’ like that, “cuarto” for “fourth,” “quinto” for “fifth”. Lordy, it’s a lot to remember, ain’t it? “Sexto” is “sixth,” and I think “sptimo” is “seventh”.
If you are a man, you say “primero.” If you are a lady, you say “primera”. And if there is a bunch of fellas, say “primeros”. And if there is a bunch of ladies, say “primeras”.
Why do they make it so hard? I don’t know, I just say one, two, three. It is way easier this way. But that’s how them folks talk, I guess. And if you wanna talk to ’em, you gotta learn their ways, right?
I heard there’s this thingamajig online, some Google thing, that can tell you what words mean in other languages. They say it’s free, too! Imagine that. You just type in what you wanna say, and it tells you how to say it all fancy-like. That might be useful, I suppose. Saves ya the trouble of memorizin’ all them words. I don’t need it, I just say things how I say things. But maybe you need it.

- Primero – First
- Segundo – Second
- Tercero – Third
- Cuarto – Fourth
- Quinto – Fifth
- Sexto – Sixth
- Sptimo – Seventh
So, this “el primero” it’s just “first.” Don’t let it fool ya. It ain’t nothin’ special, just a different way of sayin’ somethin’ simple. It’s like callin’ a hog a “pig.” Same thing, just different words.
Now, there’s also these fancy watches, they call ’em “El Primero” too. Some fella named Zenith made ’em way back when, in 1969, I reckon. They say it was the most accurate watch in the whole wide world. It goes tick-tock real fast, faster than any other watch. They say it can measure time down to a tiny, tiny fraction of a second. I don’t know why anyone needs to measure time that close, but I guess some folks do.
They say this Zenith fella made all sorts of watches, even ones for them pilots flyin’ them airplanes. Those pilot watches, they gotta be tough, you know. They gotta be able to handle all that shakin’ and rattlin’ up there in the sky. And they gotta be able to keep workin’ even if they get wet or if there’s a lot of magnets around. Magnets can mess up a regular watch, you know. But these pilot watches, they ain’t bothered by ’em.
This “El Primero” watch, it was somethin’ special, I guess. It had all sorts of fancy things inside it, like a little tiny rotor that wound it up. And it had these little counters that could time things for up to 12 hours, I think. And it could measure time down to a tenth of a second. That’s mighty fast, I tell ya.
So, this “El Primero”, it can mean two things. This “el primero” can mean a watch, or just mean “first”. It’s just a word, like any other word. Don’t let it scare ya none. If you hear someone sayin’ “el primero,” they’re probably just talkin’ about somethin’ bein’ first in line, or maybe they’re talkin’ about that fancy watch. Either way, it ain’t nothin’ to be scared of. It is not a big deal, just like sayin’ “first” in English.

El Primero just means the first one, you see. Like the first ear of corn in the row, or the first piglet born in the litter. It is not hard to understand if you just think about it a little bit.
It’s like when you’re pickin’ berries. You want the first ones, the ripe ones, right? You’d say, “I want them el primero berries, the ones that are ready now.” That is all it means. If you are talkin’ ’bout that fancy watch, well, that’s a whole other story. But if you’re just talkin’ ’bout regular stuff, “el primero” just means “first.” That’s all there is to it.