"saudade" meaning in Portuguese

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Noun

IPA: /sawˈda.d͡ʒi/ [Brazil], [saʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi] [Brazil], /sawˈda.d͡ʒi/ [Brazil], [saʊ̯ˈda.d͡ʒi] [Brazil], /sawˈda.de/ [Southern-Brazil], [saʊ̯ˈda.de] [Southern-Brazil], /sɐwˈda.dɨ/ [Portugal], [sɐwˈða.ðɨ] [Portugal], /sawˈda.dɨ/ [Portugal], [sawˈða.ðɨ] [Portugal], /saw.ˈda.di/ [Northeast-Brazil], /saw.ˈda.d͡ʒi/ [Northeast-Brazil] Forms: saudades [plural]
Rhymes: (Brazil) -ad͡ʒi, (Portugal) -adɨ Etymology: Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese soydade, from Latin sōlitātem (“solitude”). The modern saudade may owe its irregular development to one or more of the following factors: * Analogy with Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “melancholy”, literally “black bile”) * Learned hypercorrection; cf. the 'vulgar' coisa alongside the Latinism causa * Analogy with words such as saudar (“to wish good health”) or the archaic saudade ("salvation" < *salūtātem) Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|pt|roa-opt|soydade|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Galician-Portuguese soydade, {{inh+|pt|roa-opt|soydade}} Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese soydade, {{inh|pt|la|solitas|sōlitātem|t=solitude}} Latin sōlitātem (“solitude”), {{m|pt||saudade}} saudade, {{noncog|ar|سَوْدَاء|lit=black bile|t=melancholy}} Arabic سَوْدَاء (sawdāʔ, “melancholy”, literally “black bile”), {{m|pt|coisa}} coisa, {{m|pt|causa}} causa, {{m|pt|saudar|t=to wish good health}} saudar (“to wish good health”), {{m|la||*salūtātem}} *salūtātem, {{m|pt|saudade|pos=&quot;salvation&quot; &lt; &lt;i class=&quot;Latn mention&quot; lang=&quot;la&quot;&gt;*salūtātem&lt;/i&gt;}} saudade ("salvation" < *salūtātem) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f}} saudade f (plural saudades)
  1. wistfulness, melancholy, nostalgia, longing; the feeling of missing something or someone Wikipedia link: pt:saudade Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Nostalgia Synonyms: saùdade [obsolete] Derived forms: saudoso, saudosismo, saudosista Related terms: Welsh hiraeth
    Sense id: en-saudade-pt-noun-xsaMO3le Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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        "Portugal"
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      "ipa": "[sawˈða.ðɨ]",
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        "Portugal"
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      "ipa": "/saw.ˈda.di/",
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      "ipa": "/saw.ˈda.d͡ʒi/",
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      "word": "saùdade"
    }
  ],
  "word": "saudade"
}

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