privado

/pɾiˈbado/ · A2 · adj

private, privy

🔒 privado = private with -ado; same Latin root as deprived

From Latin privatus, set apart or stripped away. English took both senses from it: private (kept apart from the public) and deprived (stripped of something). Spanish keeps both in one word: privado de = deprived of.

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