"Bottle you up"

Question

"I always want to have you here with me. I wish I could just bottle you up."

How to say "bottle you up"? Would the verbs 'embotellar; envasar; enfrascar' make sense?

EDIT: When I say I wish I could bottle you up I mean I wish I could put you away so that I can take you out whenever I needed you. Does that make sense?

We would just say "I wish I could bottle you" :) - ian-hill, Sep 7, 2013

"To bottle up" in Brit English - is a phrasal verb and means to keep something (a feeling) inside and refuse to discuss it. - ian-hill, Sep 7, 2013

Answer 1

That's not an usual expression in Spanish. I've just searched for the meaning of 'to bottle up' and that doesn't seem to fit for your example. (repressing feelings?)

If you want to be with someone all the time but you have to travel a lot you can say: "Ojalá pudiera meterte en la maleta / o en el equipaje)" meaning 'I wish I could just pack you up' (or in the luggage). I totally could say this.

However, you can stick to that 'bottle thing' if you want. You can say "Ojalá pudiera meterte en una botella (y llevarte conmigo)" - 'to put you inside a bottle' (so that I can take you with me).

It doesn't matter the object in which you wish to put him/her into. The message is what really matters.

That's not A usual expression in Spanish. I know it followed a vowel but it is pronounced as "you" so A is used. :) - ian-hill, Sep 7, 2013

:) - 00483d91, Sep 7, 2013

Answer 2

They would make sense if you're trying to make a metaphor, but I think that wouldn't sound really romantic, sorry.

Do you have any suggestions? What would sound more romantic? - lizarey, Sep 7, 2013

Answer 3

I agree that the "bottle up" thing doesn´t work in Spanish. If you were to reverse the phrase to you being the one "contained" I would suggest a Juan Luis Guerra lyric that is extremely sensual:

"Quisiera ser un pez

Para tocar mi nariz en tu pecera

Y hacer burbujas de amor por dondequiera

Pasar la noche en vela

Mojado en ti"

Answer 4

The Translate function gives three answers. Here's what I have chosen based on my knowlege of Spanish.

"Siempre quiero tenerte aquí conmigo. Ojalá que sólo podía botella te."

Answer 5

"Quiero atesorar cada momento contigo" means "I desire to treasure every moment with you." Since I'm not a native speaker I am assuming that "bottle up someone" does not have the same metaphoric sense in Spanish, but sometimes expressions translate word for word even in metaphors. Until you get an answer from someone with "Fluent" after his Spanish skills in his profile, you will have to go by best guesses.

That's a winner for its romanticism. - 00483d91, Sep 7, 2013