nel profondo
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “in the profound”.
Prepositional phrase[edit]
- (also with di) in the depths or bottom (of)
- nel profondo del cuore ― in the depths of the heart
- nel profondo della notte ― in the dead of night (literally, “in the depths of the night”)
- deep down
- 2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:
- Mi tornò in mente «L'istinto del tamburo maggiore», un sermone in cui il dottor Martin Luther King Jr. osserva come, nel profondo, ciascuno di noi ambisca a primeggiare, a vedere celebrata la propria grandezza; ciascuno di noi vuole «aprire la sfilata».
- I recalled a sermon by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., called "The Drum Major Instinct." In it, he talks about how, deep down, we all want to be first, celebrated for our greatness; we all want "to lead the parade."
- (literally, “"The Drum Major Instinct" came back to mind, a sermon in which Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. observes how, deep down, every one of us aspires to be first, to see our own greatness celebrated; every one of us wants to "open the parade."”)