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Saudade ultimately derives from the Latin solitās, solitātem, meaning "solitude" [citation needed]. The word saudade was used in the Cancioneiro da Ajuda (13th century), in the Cancioneiro da Vaticana and by poets of the time of King Denis of Portugal (reigned 1279–1325).
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The Portuguese term — which embodies a particular mix of melancholy, longing and loss — has no direct equivalent in English. But it does find full expression in bittersweet music.
Oct 16, 2018 · Writing in 1912, the Portuguese poet Teixeira de Pascoaes defined saudade as ‘desire for the beloved thing, made painful by its absence’. It is an acute feeling, often described as occurring ...
- Michael Amoruso
Feb 7, 2012 · Its origin is Portuguese and it was first used in the 13th Century. It is a longing, a melancholy, a desire for what was. It is “Saudade.” Many immigrants and refugees search for words that adequately describe the peculiar longing for what they left behind.
Saudade was a characteristic of the earliest Portuguese folk poetry and has been cultivated by sophisticated writers of later generations. In the late 19th century António Nobre and Teixeira de Pascoais were the foremost of a growing cult of saudosismo.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The earliest known use of the noun saudade is in the 1910s. OED's earliest evidence for saudade is from 1912, in the writing of A. F. G. Bell. saudade is a borrowing from Portuguese.
Oct 10, 2019 · José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior ( 8 May 1850, Itu — 13 November 1899, Piracicaba) was one of the first Realism painters in Brazil, and is well known between art enthusiasts for his...
