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minus-squarePitLoversNeedMeds@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·edit-28 days agoEnglish doesn’t have a word for “saudades” (edit to specify it’s Brazilian portuguese) and has to express missing someone as an action.
minus-squarelemmyknow@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoAfaik it’s a word in Portuguese, not specific to Brazil, innit? Portugal had “Saudade”, I think, for Eurovision one year
minus-squarePitLoversNeedMeds@jlai.lulinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·8 days agoAh okay, just not familiar with Portuguese from Portugal, that’s why I specified.
English doesn’t have a word for “saudades” (edit to specify it’s Brazilian portuguese) and has to express missing someone as an action.
Afaik it’s a word in Portuguese, not specific to Brazil, innit? Portugal had “Saudade”, I think, for Eurovision one year
Ah okay, just not familiar with Portuguese from Portugal, that’s why I specified.
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