The ache of missing something that may never come back.
Famous for being hard to translate, and genuinely everyday. You feel saudade for a person, a city, a time in your life, even a version of yourself. "Estou com saudade de você" is how you tell someone you miss them. It carries warmth and loss at once.
"Miss you" is the working translation but flattens it. Portuguese treats saudade as something you HAVE, not something you do.
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