privilegiado y confidencial
/pɾibilexjado i konfidenθjal/from spelling rules
privilegiado y confidencial is the Spanish way to say privileged and confidential.
This phrase is used in legal and professional contexts to mark documents that are protected by attorney-client privilege or other confidentiality protections.
How does it change in a sentence?
If the noun being described is feminine (such as información or documentación), the first adjective must change to the feminine form privilegiada. If the phrase describes plural nouns, both adjectives must take the plural form: privilegiados y confidenciales for masculine nouns or privilegiadas y confidenciales for feminine nouns.
How do you pronounce it?
/pɾibilexjado i konfidenθjal/
Did you know?
- If you were to use the word privilegiado in a non-legal sense in Spanish, you would likely be describing a person of high social status or someone who has received a special benefit, rather than describing a protected document.
- In many Spanish-speaking countries, the legal concept of attorney-client privilege is more commonly expressed as secreto profesional, meaning 'professional secret'.
- The word privilegiado originates from the Latin 'privilegium', which meant a 'private law' applied to one specific person.
Examples in context
- Este documento es privilegiado y confidencial.This document is privileged and confidential.
- El informe debe marcarse como privilegiado y confidencial.The report must be marked as privileged and confidential.
Example conversation
Two colleagues are discussing a legal file in an office.
- SofíaDaniel, ¿ya revisaste este archivo?Daniel, have you reviewed this file yet?
- DanielNo, pero veo que es privilegiado y confidencial.No, but I see that it is privileged and confidential.
- SofíaSí, por favor no lo compartas con nadie.Yes, please do not share it with anyone.
- DanielEntendido, Sofía, lo guardaré en la carpeta segura.Understood, Sofía, I will keep it in the secure folder.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries confidencial, privilegiado, y, CC BY-SA 4.0.
