Noun: saudade
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | saudade |
| Plural f | saudades |
Sample Sentences
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[…] ſe ha a ygreja neſte tẽpo que he a bille aa medicina eſpiritual a qual muito mais deuemos deſejar ⁊ buſcar que a do coꝛpo poꝛque conſerua a ſaudade eterna. ([…] in this time, there is the Church, which is the bile to the spiritual medicine that we should desire and seek much more than that of the body, because it conserves eternal salvation.) [1497, Rodrigo Álvares, “Domingo terceyꝛo depois da paſcoa”, in Euangelhos ⁊ epiſtolas con ſuas expoſições en romãce, Porto: Rodrigo Álvares, translation of original by Guilhelmus Parisiensis, page 142r:]
Nouns inflected like saudade
azỹeira,
alfarroba,
ymagen,
ygreja,
milgrãada,
berbeleta,
barriga,
estrolomia,
cavalaria,
paravra,
paravoa,
paravla,
palavra,
purgaminho,
bẽeyçõn,
bẽeiçon,
galinha,
galinna,
demanda,
saudade, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *salūtātem. Etymologically unrelated to Portuguese saudade (from soydade), but potentially an influence in that word’s development.
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