Saudade

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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Saudade (European Portuguese: [sɐwˈðaðɨ] ; Brazilian Portuguese: [sawˈdadʒi] ; Galician: [sawˈðaðɪ]; Northeast Brazil: [sawˈdadi]; English: ; plural saudades) in Portuguese and Galician is an emotional state of melancholic or profoundly nostalgic longing for a beloved yet absent someone-or-something.

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