Spanish Conversation · Level 154
30 words
Spanish word
confidencialidad
Pronunciation
IPA/konfiðenθjaliˈðað/
Meaning
- feminine nounconfidentiality
Example
La confidencialidad de los datos personales debe protegerse.
The confidentiality of personal data must be protected.
More examples
Una empresa debe tener una política de confidencialidad clara.
A company should have a clear confidentiality policy.
Core concept
Access limited to authorized people.
Common phrases
acuerdo de confidencialidad
confidentiality agreement
la confidencialidad de los datos
data confidentiality
política de confidencialidad
confidentiality policy
Similar words
privacidad: Protection of personal data and daily-life details from unwanted access or exposure.
intimidad: Privacy of a person's inner life and personal relationships, kept out of public view.
confidencia: Secret information disclosed in trust to another person.
reserva: A deliberate policy of withholding information from release or public access.
Definition in Spanish
Situación en que la información se trata de modo que su acceso queda limitado a personas autorizadas.
Word origin
Formed from the adjective confidencial plus the suffix -idad, ultimately from Latin confidere meaning 'trust', and so naming the state of information being kept restricted.
Usage tips
- Feminine noun used often in contracts and workplaces as la confidencialidad and commonly expressed in speech with phrases like 'es confidencial' or 'no se puede compartir'.
Other meanings
- non-disclosurenoun
- secrecynoun
Opposites
- transparenciatransparencynoun
Related words
- confidencialconfidentialadjective
- confidencialmenteconfidentiallyadverb