Wordie: Saudade: Comments

Comment by Prolagus, 3 months ago

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:33:44 +0000

This word is well known in Italy as one of the reasons why some Brazilian football players leave Italian teams, or take breaks, to get back to their country.

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:13:08 +0000

Would have ended Dostoyevsky's career.

Comment by reesetee, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:07:33 +0000

Isn't it great that one word can convey all that?

Comment by chained_bear, 10 months ago

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:48:07 +0000

Oh, that explains that song by Love and Rockets!

from wikipedia:

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:25:50 +0000

"Portuguese word for a feeling of longing for something that one is fond of, which is gone, but might return in a distant future. It often carries a fatalist tone and a repressed knowledge that the object of longing might really never return."