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单词 saudade
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Definition of saudade in English:

saudade

noun saʊˈdɑːdəsouˈdädə
mass noun
  • (especially with reference to songs or poetry) a feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament.

    her songs are based on love poems and evoke a melancholy known to the Portuguese as saudade
    count noun yearnings, saudades, those sonorous fruits grown for overripe hearts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A predominant theme in both literature and music is saudade, a sense of longing or homesickness, usually the result of emigration and the ensuing separation of families.
    • Anyone familiar with that timeless Portuguese emotion known as saudade will detect a similar sense of longing and nostalgia in the sevdah tradition of the Sarajevo-born singer Amira.
    • When in one country, he could experience saudade, or a longing nostalgia, for the other.
    • When you combine this melancholic sound, which the Portuguese call saudade, with African music, the result is extremely touching and sad, but beautiful at the same time.
    • These plaintive songs reflect the fatalistic Portuguese spirit of melancholy and nostalgia known as saudade.

Origin

Portuguese.

 
 

Definition of saudade in US English:

saudade

nounsouˈdädə
  • A feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament.

    her songs are based on love poems and evoke a melancholy known to the Portuguese as saudade
    count noun yearnings, saudades, those sonorous fruits grown for overripe hearts
    Example sentencesExamples
    • When you combine this melancholic sound, which the Portuguese call saudade, with African music, the result is extremely touching and sad, but beautiful at the same time.
    • These plaintive songs reflect the fatalistic Portuguese spirit of melancholy and nostalgia known as saudade.
    • A predominant theme in both literature and music is saudade, a sense of longing or homesickness, usually the result of emigration and the ensuing separation of families.
    • Anyone familiar with that timeless Portuguese emotion known as saudade will detect a similar sense of longing and nostalgia in the sevdah tradition of the Sarajevo-born singer Amira.
    • When in one country, he could experience saudade, or a longing nostalgia, for the other.

Origin

Portuguese.

 
 
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