Saudade [SOH-dahd]
Part of speech: noun
Origin: Portuguese, 20th century
1. A feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament.
Examples of saudade in a sentence
"On the first warm day of every year, Elena was overwhelmed with a feeling of saudade for her childhood home in Brazil."
"The Portuguese musical genre fado combines acoustic guitar with soaring, melancholy vocals full of saudade."
