English-Spanish translations for confidential

• confidencial
  Acojo con satisfacción la iniciativa de crear una línea directa de asistencia confidencial. I welcome the initiative to set up a confidential hotline.
  Habida cuenta de su carácter confidencial, por supuesto, no puedo revelar su contenido. As they are confidential, I cannot of course reveal their contents.
  Por eso, lógicamente, este trabajo se tiene que hacer de una manera confidencial. This work therefore, logically, has to be undertaken confidentially.

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