Learn English – A phrase to show that something is deeply personal

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The context here is that I'm translating from Spanish a phrase which has a wonderful suggestion of deep intimacy. I want to keep the translation as literal as possible but also to maintain the emotion of the phrase. The Spanish phrase is "siempre seguirá perteneciendo a tu intimidad", which roughly translates as "it will always remain personal to you". However, to my ear, that translation loses all the sensuousness of the original phrase, but I'm struggling to find alternatives (other than adding for example "deeply personal").

Any suggestions? Do we even have a word in English with the same connotations as "intimidad" in this sense of emotional, personal profundity?

Best Answer

I suggest it will always remain intimate to you.

: belonging to or characterizing one's deepest nature
: marked by very close association, contact, or familiarity (intimate knowledge of the law)

I may be mistaken, but I believe intimate is very close to intimidad as far as Latin roots are concerned (from the Latin intimus).

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