en primera instancia
Spanish
Etymology
Compare French en première instance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /em pɾiˌmeɾa insˈtanθja/ [ẽm pɾiˌme.ɾa ĩnsˈt̪ãn̟.θja] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /em pɾiˌmeɾa insˈtansja/ [ẽm pɾiˌme.ɾa ĩnsˈt̪ãn.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: en pri‧me‧ra ins‧tan‧cia
Adverb
- above all, first of all
- Synonyms: en primer lugar, antes que nada
Further reading
- “en primera instancia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024