English-Portuguese translations for confidential

• confidencial
  Congratulo-me com a iniciativa de criar uma linha de emergência confidencial. I welcome the initiative to set up a confidential hotline.
  Dado o seu carácter confidencial, não posso evidentemente revelar o seu teor.As they are confidential, I cannot of course reveal their contents.
  Por isso, logicamente, este trabalho tem de ser feito de modo confidencial.This work therefore, logically, has to be undertaken confidentially.
• secreto
  Então, à partida, tudo é secreto, fechado, interno, confidencial. Then, everything is suddenly classified secret, reserved, internal and confidential.

Definition of confidential

• Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly
• Inclined to share confidences; making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences
• Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences

Examples

• The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs
• Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip
• a confidential agent; a confidential servant; a confidential whisper

Related words

• confidentiality
• confidentially
• confidential informant
• confidential disclosure agreement
• confidentiality of the mail
• requirement of confidentiality
• professional confidentiality