saudades

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"saudades" (sow-dah-gees) - to painfully enjoy longing, to recognize and cherish the ache of someone or something that is beyond one's grasp.

FOXNews.com 2010
Really untranslateable, much like the Portuguese “saudades” or the Japanese “wa”.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2010 » June 2010
Really untranslateable, much like the Portuguese “saudades” or the Japanese “wa”.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Janis Ian’s “Welcome Home”–for true fans everywhere 2010
Really untranslateable, much like the Portuguese “saudades” or the Japanese “wa”.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2010 » June 2010
Really untranslateable, much like the Portuguese “saudades” or the Japanese “wa”.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » 2010 » June » 21 2010
Really untranslateable, much like the Portuguese “saudades” or the Japanese “wa”.

Kristine Kathryn Rusch » Janis Ian’s Welcome Home Deconstructed–by Janis 2010
Estava com saudades de uma modelação 3D não virtual.

3D Real Artur 2008
Maybe it was a spasm of saudades, the storied Brazilian homesickness.

The Nerd Who Saved Brazil 2007
Por muito tranquilos e românticos que sejam os dias invernais, cinzentos e chuvosos, a alma já sentia saudades destes matizes alaranjados sobre o azul do céu.

Crepúsculo Artur 2006
Sejam sinceros e confessem que já tinham saudades de imagens como esta.

Crepúsculo Artur 2006