saudade

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sawˈðaðɪ/

Noun

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. the feeling of missing something or someone

   Synonyms: señardade, soidade

See also

• morriña

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

saudade f (plural s)

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

Descendants

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

Usage notes

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 also

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

Further reading

• saudade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Spanish

Etymology

From Galician saudade, from Old Galician-Portuguese soydade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sauˈdade/ [sau̯ˈð̞a.ð̞e]

Noun

saudade f (plural saudades)

1. the feeling of missing something or someone