saudade

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GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sawˈðaðe/

NounEdit

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. the feeling of missing something or someone

   Synonyms: señardade, soidade

See alsoEdit

• morriña

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (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

NounEdit

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. wistfulness, nostalgia, 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

DescendantsEdit

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

Usage notesEdit

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.

See alsoEdit

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

Further readingEdit

• saudade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Portuguese saudade, from Old Portuguese soydade.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /sauˈdade/, [sau̯ˈðaðe]

NounEdit

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. the feeling of missing something or someone