privy

al tanto, enterado

Que tiene acceso a información privada o secreta.

En inglés sencillo: Allowed to know private or secret information.

• I was not privy to their plans.
• She is privy to confidential information.
• Were you privy to the discussions about the sale?

Cómo se usa: be privy to something (Only a few staff members were privy to the plans.)

Sinónimos: informed, in the know

Antónimos: unaware, uninformed

Expresiones frecuentes: privy to something, privy to secrets, privy to discussions

letrina, retrete exterior

Retrete situado fuera de la casa, a menudo en una pequeña construcción separada.

En inglés sencillo: A toilet outside a house, often in a small separate building.

• The privy stood behind the cottage.
• We followed a muddy path to the wooden privy.
• The old farmhouses had no bathrooms, only outdoor privies.

Sinónimos: outhouse, outdoor toilet, latrine

Expresiones frecuentes: outdoor privy, wooden privy, garden privy

aseo, retrete

Habitación que contiene un inodoro.

En inglés sencillo: A room containing a toilet.

• The privy was upstairs.
• A narrow door led to the indoor privy.
• The house had two privies but no room for bathing.

Sinónimos: toilet, lavatory, toilet room

Expresiones frecuentes: indoor privy, small privy, privy door

inodoro, retrete

Aparato sanitario, con taza o asiento, que se usa para orinar o defecar.

En inglés sencillo: The bowl or seat that people use when getting rid of waste from their bodies.

• The privy had a wooden seat.
• A cracked porcelain privy stood in the corner.
• They replaced the old privy with a modern toilet.

Sinónimos: toilet, lavatory, water closet

Expresiones frecuentes: porcelain privy, privy seat, flush the privy

causahabiente

Persona vinculada legalmente a los derechos o intereses de otra, sin haber participado directamente en el acuerdo o caso original.

En inglés sencillo: Someone legally connected with another person's rights or interests, though not directly involved in the original agreement or case.

• The heir was a privy in estate.
• The judgment bound the parties and their privies.
• A privy may acquire rights through a person who signed the contract.

Cómo se usa: a privy to someone (The court treated the heir as a privy to the original owner.)

Expresiones frecuentes: privy in estate, privy in law, party or privy