primitivo

Definitions of primitivo
  1. noun
    a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
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    indoeuropeo
    a member of the prehistoric people who spoke Proto-Indo European
    cavernícola, hombre de las cavernas, troglodita
    someone who lives in a cave
    bárbaro, salvaje
    a member of an uncivilized people
    hombre-mono
    a person assumed to have been raised by apes
    antropófago, caníbal
    a person who eats human flesh
    vándalo
    a member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455
    hombre-lobo
    a male person assumed to have been raised by wolves
    type of:
    alma, humano, individuo, mortal, persona, ser humano
    a human being
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