friend, loved one, or relative whose remains went past that road. In Cape Verdean Creole there is the word sodadi (also spelled sodade), originated in the Portuguese saudade and exactly with the same meaning. See also Grief Han Hiraeth Mono no aware Nostalgia Sehnsucht Good old days References Further reading Lourcenço, Eduardo (1999). Mitologia da saudade (Seguido de Portugal como destino) . São Paulo: Companhia das Letras. . Rappa, Antonio L. Saudade: The Culture and Security of Eurasians in Southeast Asia. Ethos Books and Singapore Management University's Wee Kim Wee Centre, 2013. Ribeiro, Bernardim (Torrao, ~1482 – Lisboa, ~1552). Livro das Saudades . External links Emotion as Collective Identity: the case of Portuguese Saudade, Marcia Esteves Agostinho, Academia Letters, February 2021 Aesthetics of Saudade – Essay comprising the major theories and explaining the doubts surrounding the translation of saudade "BBC Brasil": Saudade is the 7th most difficult word to translate (in Portuguese), London: BBC, 23 June 2004. saudade, dictionary.com Emotions Portuguese words and phrases Translation Nostalgia Melancholia Love Maritime culture Words and phrases with no direct English translation