What?! Untranslatable?!

E aí, tudo bom? Teacher G here, how is your week going?

So... (então) today I brought to you one of my fav words in Portuguese. This word has NO translation in any other language, is strictly Portuguese. This word is super powerful and means a lot to us. We use it ALL the time for positive scenarios and negative ones. Can you guess (adivinhar) what word(palavra) am I talking about?

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SAUDADE!

I love this palavra, let me give you some examples: -Eu estou com saudade do meu pai.

-Nossa, que saudade do Brasil.

-Você está com saudade da comida do Brasil? -Eu estou com saudade dos meus amigos.

Notice that SAUDADE is a noun (substativo) and can flex to its plural format SAUDADES, but if you really want to sound like a native here is my piece of device: We tend to conjugate nouns(informally and against the grammar rules) to make them more appropriate to our speech, examples:

-Estou saudosa

This means Im feeling SAUDADE) about something or someone but in a general speech. I hope you liked it! It's my favorite one! And of course, don't take too long without checking your Portuguese lessons here, otherwise, you will be SAUDOSO. Before you go, check out my socials: Instagram: @gacademyclub Tiktok: @g.academy Youtube: gacademyclub Tchau! Até mais :)