private1

adj

• 1 a (confidential) [conversation/matter] privado; [letter] personal b

  in private

  she told me in private = me lo dijo confidencialmente can we talk in private? = ¿podemos hablar en privado?

• 2 (for own use, in own possession) [road/lesson/secretary] particular; [income] personal private property = propiedad (f) privada private income = rentas (fpl)

• 3 a (not official) [visit/correspondence] privado their private life = su vida privada b (unconnected to the state) [school] privado, de pago (Esp); [ward] reservado; [patient] particular private enterprise = la empresa privada the private sector = el sector privado

• 4 a [thoughts/doubts] íntimo it's a private joke = es un chiste que los dos entendemos/entienden b [person] reservado