saudosismo
Portuguese, noun/saw.doˈziz.mu/
saudosismo is spelled S-A-U-D-O-S-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 74,594th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Saudosismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nostalgia or wistfulness, especially in political or ideological contexts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “afeto ao passado”.
What does saudosismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenostalgia or wistfulness, especially in political or ideological contexts
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. afeto ao passado 2. louvor ou apologia ao passado
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 saudosismo
- saudosismos plural
- saùdosismo alternative
- saüdosismo alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saudosismo?
- Brazil /saw.doˈziz.mu/
- Brazil [saʊ̯.doˈziz.mu]
- Brazil /sa.u.doˈziz.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is saudosismo in Portuguese?
saudosismo appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).