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"Privacidad" is a noun which is often translated as "privacy", and "intimidad" is a noun which is also often translated as "privacy". Learn more about the difference between "privacidad" and "intimidad" below.
la privacidad(
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)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
a. privacy
Viviana compartía habitación con sus dos hermanitas, así que se encerraba en el baño en busca de un poco de privacidad cuando necesitaba hablar por teléfono.Viviana used to share a room with her two younger sisters, so she would locked herself in the bathroom looking for some privacy whenever she needed to talk on the phone.
la intimidad(
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)A feminine noun is almost always used with feminine articles and adjectives (e.g., la mujer bonita, la luna llena).
a. privacy
El cantante dice que los paparazzi no respetan su intimidad.The singer says that the paparazzi don't respect his privacy.
b. no direct translation
This refers to an idiomatic word or phrase for which there is no word-for-word translation.
A diferencia del funeral, el sepelio tuvo lugar en la intimidad, sin participación de los medios.Unlike the funeral, the burial was a private affair with the media excluded.
Lo que el actor es en la intimidad, lo es en gran medida en el escenario.What the actor is in private life, he is to a large extent on the stage.
a. intimacy
Hablaban con la intimidad de los viejos amigos.They spoke with the intimacy of old friends.
a. intimacy
Le dijo a su marido que ya no quería tener intimidad con él.She told her husband that she didn't want to have intimacy with him anymore.
las intimidades
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
a. private life
No me gusta que vayas aireando nuestras intimidades en el colegio.I don't like you airing our private life in school.
b. personal matters
Las noticias vinculadas con las intimidades de las celebridades suelen ser los titulares más destacados.News regarding celebrities' personal matters are usually the at the top of the headlines.
5. (colloquial) (figurative) (genitals)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
A phrase used as a figure of speech or a word that is symbolic in meaning; metaphorical (e.g., carrot, bean).
a. private parts (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
En una playa nudista todo el mundo muestra sus intimidades.On a nude beach everyone shows their private parts.
b. privates (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Juan estaba tan borracho que mostró sus intimidades a quienes iban por la calle.Juan was so drunk that he showed his privates to the pedestrians.
