nel profondo

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Italian

Etymology

Literally, in the profound.

Prepositional phrase

nel profondo

  1. (also with di) in the depths or bottom (of)
    nel profondo del cuorein the depths of the heart
    nel profondo della nottein the dead of night (literally, “in the depths of the night”)
  2. 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."”)