saudade
Spanish, noun/sauˈdade/
saudade is spelled S-A-U-D-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saudade is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “the feeling of missing something or someone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nostalgia por alguien o algo”.
What does saudade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe feeling of missing something or someone
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nostalgia por alguien o algo.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of saudade
- saudades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saudade?
- /sauˈdade/
- [sau̯ˈð̞a.ð̞e]
- [sawˈð̞að̞e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is saudade in Spanish?
saudade appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).