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Saudade: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Saudade noun. A deep, wistful longing for someone or something absent or lost, prized in Portuguese song.
How to say it
sow-DAH-duh/saʊˈdɑːdə/
3 syllables, stressed on the second (DAH).
Saudade in a sentence
The fado singer's voice was heavy with saudade for sailors who never came home.
Old photographs of my grandparents' village fill me with saudade.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- longing
- yearning
- wistfulness
- nostalgia
Where saudade comes from
Portuguese, from Latin solitas, solitude.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Old photographs of my grandparents' village fill me with _____.
- saudade
- hygge
- sitzfleisch
Show the answer
saudade: Old photographs of my grandparents' village fill me with saudade.