The Untranslatable Meaning of “Saudade”
<p>Just saying this exotic little word out loud fills me with, well…saudade.</p>
<p>As a word nerd and avid traveler, I’m always running across foreign terms that don’t translate cleanly into English. Take saudade from Portuguese — it roughly means a melancholy-tinged longing or nostalgia. Like when you miss someone before they’ve even left the room.</p>
<p>But describing saudade is like playing a game of charades with just your hands tied behind your back. Sure, you convey the basic idea without words. Yet you fail to capture the nuanced spirit of the thing itself. Because saudade is less of a word than an untranslatable state of mind unique to the Portuguese soul.</p>
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