nostalgia
Portuguese, noun/nos.tawˈʒi.ɐ/
nostalgia is spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-A (9 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,678th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nostalgia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “nostalgia (yearning for the past)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sentimento de tristeza motivado por profunda saudade”.
What does nostalgia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenostalgia (yearning for the past)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sentimento de tristeza motivado por profunda saudade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nostalgia
- nostalgias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nostalgia?
- Brazil /nos.tawˈʒi.ɐ/
- Brazil [nos.taʊ̯ˈʒi.ɐ]
- /noʃ.tawˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nostalgia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nostalgia in Portuguese?
nostalgia appears 4.3 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).