The intimate belongs to the sphere of privacy, remaining out of reach of the public.
Intimate , from the Latin intĭmus , is that which belongs to or relates to intimacy . This concept refers to the abstract area that an individual reserves for a limited group of people, such as his or her family and friends. Although intimacy has no precise limits, it can be said that it contains all the acts and feelings that one wishes to keep out of the public's reach.
For example: “I'm not going to talk about something so intimate with a journalist,” “A health problem is an intimate issue that should not be disclosed unless the person affected wants to do so,” “Intimate acts should never be revealed.”
Precisely, privacy is especially protected nowadays. For this reason, there are various laws that take care of it, as would be the case of the Spanish Constitution. In this Magna Carta, specifically in its article 18, it is said that citizens have the right to honor, privacy and their own image.
Close friend
A close friend is one with whom you maintain a very close relationship, of great trust .
For this reason, certain things are shared with a close friend that are not shared with other friends: “Juan is a close friend, you can tell him your problems and he will keep it a secret,” “The truth is that, since I had a fight with Agustina, "I don't have any close friends to trust."
In an intimate diary you make notes that you do not want to share with anyone.
The term in cinema and literature
In the field of cinema and literature, the word that concerns us now has been used on many occasions to give the title to their respective works. A good example of this is the film “Intimate and Personal” , which was released in 1996 under the direction of director Jon Avnet .
Michelle Pfeiffer y Robert Redford son los actores encargados de darle vida a los protagonistas: una joven con deseos de conseguir convertirse en una profesional de los medios de comunicación y un veterano reportero de guerra. Dos personajes que verán como sus vidas se entrecruzan para poder vivir una bella historia de amor, que no tiene el final esperado.
We could also highlight “Leila's intimate diary” . It is a film that brings us closer to the unbridled and basically sexual passion that is established between the two main figures: Leila and David .
Intimate diary and other uses of the term
An intimate diary or personal diary is a type of autobiography that a person keeps with no intention of sharing it, but rather as a way to record their feelings and thoughts chronologically: “My daughter got very angry because I read part of her intimate diary,” “When I was a kid, I had a diary where I wrote about my problems at school.”
In addition to what has already been stated, we would also have to add that intimate is a term that is used in some countries with another meaning. Specifically, in Cuba it is used to refer to the sanitary pad that women use every month to be able to absorb what would be the menstrual flow during the so-called period.
Intimate, finally, is an adjective that is used in reference to different objects that are used in sexuality . Intimate lubricant and intimate massager are two examples.