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English
Etymology
Spanish, from Latin privatus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɹɪˈveɪdəʊ/, /pɹɪˈvɑːdəʊ/
Noun
privado (plural privados or privadoes)
- (obsolete) A private friend; a confidant.
1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; , London: Iohn Williams , →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):But Lanfrank, being a privado to the pope's projects […] might antedate this objection against Thomas , using it for the present as a rub to retard him
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved; set apart from”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“I bereave, deprive”), from prīvus (“single, peculiar”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
privado (feminine privada, masculine plural privados, feminine plural privadas)
- private
- deprived
- (colloquial) drunk; tipsy; crazy
1423, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 120:por quanto diso que él non matara ao dito Gonçaluo Ferrandes, et que se o dito Gonçaluo Ferrandes fora morto, que o fora por sua culpa, como aquel que o cometera de feito e de dereito, primeiramente chamándolle vilaao, fodidincul, curnudo, priuado, perro treedor, dizéndolle outros deostos et injurias atroçes et queréndoo matar dentro en sua casa do dito Johán Ferrandes, deytándolles golpes primeiramente con hua espada nua et cortándolle a roupa que tiña vestida et cuberta con a dita sua espada, defendéndose él dél et dizéndolle que se fose en boa ora- because he said he didn't kill Gonzalo Fernández, and that if said Gonzalo Fernández was dead, it was his own fault, as committed de facto and de jure; first calling him villain, assfucked, horned, drunk, traitor dog, and other affronts and terrible insults, and wanting to kill him inside the house of the aforementioned Xoán Fernández, hitting him first with drawn sword and cutting the clothes he was wearing; the latter defending himself and telling him to go away for good
Derived terms
Noun
privado m (plural privados)
- (archaic) favourite; trusted person
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “privado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “priuad”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “privado”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “privado”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “privado”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese , from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved; set apart from”), perfect passive participle of prīvō (“to bereave, to deprive”), from prīvus (“single, peculiar”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
privado (feminine privada, masculine plural privados, feminine plural privadas, comparable, comparative mais privado, superlative o mais privado or privadíssimo)
- (comparable) Concerning only to a person or a specific group; private; personal
- (not comparable) not publicly known; not open; secret; private
- (not comparable) not accessible by the public; private
Noun
privado m (plural privados)
- (chiefly in the plural) private sector
Participle
privado (feminine privada, masculine plural privados, feminine plural privadas)
- past participle of privar
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin prīvātus (“bereaved; set apart from”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾiˈbado/
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: pri‧va‧do
Adjective
privado (feminine privada, masculine plural privados, feminine plural privadas, superlative privadísimo)
- private, privy (e.g. a privy council)
- deprived, deprived of, denied, bereft (usually followed by de)
Ningún niño debe ser privado del derecho a la educación nunca.- No child should ever be denied the right to education.
- unlisted (e.g. phone number)
Derived terms
Participle
privado (feminine privada, masculine plural privados, feminine plural privadas)
- past participle of privar
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