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Interesting. Where I come from in Brazil, “sobremesa” is used to describe a dessert, direct translation. I’d also add the Portuguese word “saudade”, which is a
by Mobius01 6y ago
Interesting. Where I come from in Brazil, “sobremesa” is used to describe a dessert, direct translation.
I’d also add the Portuguese word “saudade”, which is a sense of yearning or of missing someone/something - often hard to convey in English.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoHow does "saudade" differ from nostalgia?
- perl4ever 6y agoHow does nostalgia differ from wistfulness?
- frosted-flakes 6y agoWistfulness is a general feeling of sadness and yearning towards something not present, whether or not you've experienced it before. "He was wistful about the life that could have been his if only he'd said 'yes' when he'd had the chance." Nostalgia is a distinct feeling of want for something in your past, often from your childhood. "His nostalgia for the video games of his youth coloured his perception of how bad they really were." Since you brought it up, and now that I've thought about it for a while, "wistful" seems like it might be a better fit for "saudade", but I'm sure that that word has all sorts of meanings that wistful doesn't have.
- lhorie 6y ago"saudade" can be used in the phrase "matar a saudade" (literally "kill the feeling of longing", by for example, meeting a loved one who you haven't seen in a long time). Saudade can similarly be used without the connotation of a long time having passed, e.g. "já estou com saudade com você" (I already miss you)
- telmo 6y agoIt doesn't (source: I'm Portuguese). It is just an often repeated cliché. What I would say is that Portuguese culture has a stronger preference for expressions of nostalgia than the average.
- pwdisswordfish2 6y agoTIL English has no word for pining.
- toyg 6y ago"Pining" is a bit too strong for "saudade", and it's an action rather than a feeling.