saudade

/sawˈdadʒi/

a noun A2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
as saudades

Meaning

  1. longing

    • Sinto saudade.

      I miss you.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

anseio

saudade is a famously untranslatable Portuguese word, a deep nostalgic longing for someone or something absent; anseio is more general, an anticipatory longing or yearning for something in the future.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

anhelo

anhelo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "longing."

Spanish

añoranza

añoranza is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "longing."

Practice

1 What does saudade mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sinto ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches saudade?

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