saudade

• IPA^(key): /sawˈðaðe/

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. the feeling of missing something or someone

   Synonyms: señardade, soidade

• morriña

From Old Portuguese soidade, soydade, altered by influence of saudar (“to salute”), from post-classical Latin solitās, solitātem (“solitude”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /saw.ˈða.ðɨ/, /sɐw.ˈða.ðɨ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.ˈda.dʒi/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.ˈda.di/
  • (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /saw.ˈda.de/
• Hyphenation: sau‧da‧de
• Rhymes: -adʒi

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. wistfulness, nostalgia, longing, the feeling of missing something or someone

   sentir saudade de alguém ― to miss someone

   ter saudades de casa ― to miss home, to feel homesick

   matar saudades ― to catch up

• → Esperanto: saŭdado
• Kabuverdianu: sodade
• → Spanish: saudade

The verb to miss (someone) may be translated as to have (ter), to feel (sentir) or to be with (estar com) saudade. It may be used in the singular or plural indiscriminately.

• Welsh hiraeth
• Appendix:Terms considered difficult or impossible to translate into English

• saudade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Portuguese saudade, from Old Portuguese soydade.

• IPA^(key): /sauˈdade/, [sau̯ˈðaðe]

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. the feeling of missing something or someone