La Palabra Del Día "saudade"
saudade ( sow-dah'-deh )
noun ( nostalgia; longing; sadness )
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Examples:
1: Al ver de nuevo el lugar donde había trabajado durante dos decádas, al ex congresista le invadió un sentimiento de saudade.
Upon seeing the place where she'd worked for two decades, the former congresswoman was filled with a sense of nostalgia.
2: ¿Cómo puedes sentir saudade por alguien que todavía no conoces?
How can you feel longing for someone you haven't met yet?
9 Answers
Muchas veces siento saudade por la vida que nunca conseguí vivir en la tierra de mi nacimiento. Quizás algún día pueda regresar a las hermosísismas playas de mi ciudad natal, Rota.
Many times I feel nostalgic sadness about the life I never got to live in the land of my birth.
Perhaps some day I will be able to return to the beautiful beaches of the my home town, Rota.
Siento una grande tristesa viendo los immigrantes porque puedo imaginarme el sentimiento de saudade de ellos por sus países natales.
I feel a great sadness seeing the immigrants because I can imagine the feeling of homesickness of them for their native countries.
Mi hija vive en Nueva York, y ella a menudo me dice que tiene una saudade por comida de Nuevo México.
My daughter lives in New York, and she often tells me that she has a longing for New Mexican food.
Siempre sentimos saudade por los días de veranos sin fin,
Cuando éramos jóvenes y sin preocupaciones.
We always miss the days of endless summers,
When we were young and carefree.
Siento saudade por Sudáfrica en Navidad porque gasté tantos momentos especiales allí con mis amigos durante esta temporada.
I feel nostalgia for South Africa at Christmastime because I spent so many special moments there with my friends during this season.
Quizás simplemente es que tengo una saudade de mi juventud pero extraño la cultura en los años setenta.
Perhaps it is just a longing for my youth but I miss the culture of the Seventies.
En lugar de sentir nostalgia por el pasado, a menudo tengo una sensación de saudade de un futuro imaginado.
Rather than feeling nostalgic about the past, I often have a sense of longing for an imagined future.
Si sientes saudade por ver a Papá Noel en las escuelas, no vayas a Hillsboro, porque han prohibido todos los adornos de él, bueno, por lo menos hasta que Trump les amenace con una pena de un año en prisión o la pérdida de su ciudadanía.
If you feel a longing for seeing Santa Claus in schools, don't go to Hillsboro, because they have banned all decorations involving him, okay, at least until Trump threatens them with a year in prison or the loss of their citizenship.
Creo que la mayoria de los inmigrantes y los refugiados nunca pierden la saudade por sus mismos tierras.
I think that most immigrants and refugees never lose the nostalgia for their own countries.
