Gilberto Gil, pictured here on the cover of Luar (A Gente Precisa Ver o Luar), is one of the many artists we listen to this week to understand the concept of "saudade." (Editor's note: This is an ...

There’s a Portuguese word for the bittersweet ache of longing: saudade. Once I learned it, I couldn’t stop noticing how often I live inside it.

My American friend and I were driving back from a beach in Brazil last year and he asked me to translate an old samba song. I failed with the very first sentence. I couldn’t translate my favorite word ...

The Portuguese word saudade has no equivalent in any other language. You can't directly translate it, but at its core, saudade is a kind of longing and melancholy that isn't simply sad. Portuguese ...

The Portuguese term — which embodies a particular mix of melancholy, longing and loss — has no direct equivalent in English. But it does find... (Editor's note: This is an encore presentation of a ...

The Portuguese term — which embodies a particular mix of melancholy, longing and loss — has no direct equivalent in English. But it does find... Saudade: An Untranslatable, Undeniably Potent Word ...

The Portuguese term saudade, which embodies a particular mix of melancholy, longing and loss, has no direct equivalent in English. But it does find full expression in bittersweet music. Singer Luciana ...