Saudade

GLOSSARY

Pronounced as “sau-dahd” in Portuguese. Translated to English, Saudade can mean “longing”, “homesickness”, “nostalgia”, “missing” or “yearning”. The feeling may also fall between happiness and pain, whereby it sits on the bittersweet side of human emotions.

Reference:
Roquete, J. I., & Fonseca, J. (1974). Dicionário dos Sinónimos Poético e de Epítetos da Língua Portuguesa. Porto, Portugal: Lello & Irmão. (Original work published 1848) Silva, Z. B. (2012). Saudade–a key Portuguese emotion. Emotion Review, 4(2), 203-211.