🇵🇹 portugais

saudades

feminine

as saudades

longings

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saudades
/as sawˈdadʒis/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on saudades en portugais ?

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/as sawˈdadʒis/

How do you pronounce saudades in portugais?

saudades is pronounced /as sawˈdadʒis/ in portugais.

Exemples de phrases

A saudade profunda que sinto da minha avó nunca vai desaparecer.

The deep longing that I feel for my grandmother will never disappear. (Feminine article 'a' and feminine adjective 'profunda' agree with the feminine noun 'saudade')

Esta saudade melancólica é característica do povo português.

This melancholic yearning is characteristic of the Portuguese people. (Feminine demonstrative 'esta' and feminine adjective 'melancólica' agree with the feminine noun 'saudade')

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Saudades is feminine because it ends in "-dade", a productive feminine suffix in Portuguese derived from Latin "-tas/-tatis". Portuguese abstract nouns with this suffix are consistently feminine. While the word may derive from Latin "solitas" (solitude), the gender is maintained through the regular feminine gender class of all "-dade" nouns in modern Portuguese.

Comment dit-on longings en portugais ?

En portugais, longings se dit as saudades — feminine.

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