confidencial

/konfidenˈθjal/ · B1 · adj

confidential (kept, or meant to be kept, in secret)

🤫🔒 Looks like English confidential: shared only with those you confide in

From Latin confidentia, trust, built from con- (with) plus fidere (to trust), the same root as fidelity. Something confidencial is told only to people you trust. The final -cial is said thyal in Spain, so it sounds like con-fee-den-THYAL.

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