Word of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. . It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every week.
To pariticipate, simply do a post with your word and leave a link to it as a comment on Heena’s WOW post.
saudade\noun\saʊˈdɑːdə
(Especially with reference to songs or poetry) a feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Portuguese or Brazilian temperament
Example
1. “her songs are based on love poems and evoke a melancholy known to the Portuguese as saudade”
2. I often sit in one corner of my room, engulfed in saudade for my home, family, friends.
If you would like to check out more interesting words then visit Heena’s page:
Word Treasure
Now that is an interesting word, Priya. I’ve never come across it before, so I’ll take note of it for future use. 🙂
its of great pleasure to me if i can be of any help to you
I like to hear about words I don’t know. 😀 I think that;s one of the great things about WOW. We can write about words that might be useful to other people.