privato

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /priˈva.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: pri‧và‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin prīvātus.

Adjective

privato (feminine privata, masculine plural privati, feminine plural private, superlative privatissimo)

1. private, personal

   Synonym: personale

   Antonym: pubblico

Derived terms

• privatamente
• privatezza
• privatista
• privatizzare

Related terms

• privare

Noun

privato m (plural privati, feminine privata)

1. private person, private citizen
2. privacy

Etymology 2

From privare.

Participle

privato (feminine privata, masculine plural privati, feminine plural private)

1. past participle of privare

Further reading

• “privato”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• partivo, portavi, prativo, provati

Latin

Verb

prīvātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of prīvō

Adjective

prīvātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of privatus

Noun

prīvātō

1. dative/ablative singular of privatus

References

• “privato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “privato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “privato”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.