Portuguese is the fifth language in the world and the third in the occident. Almost 235 million people speak Portuguese as a first language and they are spread for 8 countries. More than 80% are Brazilians, like me. But these are just data, and what I care about Portuguese are not the facts but the poetry.
Everybody knows that I love learn languages. So far I learned (almost) five! And everyone has their particular beauty.
English is the most practical one! The simplicity of verb TO BE and the versatility of verb TO GET make the life easier. Italian is the romantic one and, besides this, you have to agree that every food tend to taste better when named it in Italian! Spanish is necessary - Mostly if you were born on a continent that just you are not spanish speaker...or even if you live in United States, believe me, if you are capable of speak a little spanish, you gonna live better! French (I'm still working on that!) is all about charm and glamour! But Portuguese...ahh Portuguese has the power of turning feelings in words.
The word SAUDADE for example, SAUDADE means much more than "miss" , much more than "extraño" or than "mancare" or "nostalgie"..."NOSTALGIA" in Portuguese means other thing.
SAUDADE is something that you feel deep, deep, deeepppp in your heart when you think about somebody or something that you miss a lot, but, someway, it goes beyond this.
SAUDADE really hurts and also can bring "nostalgia", that in Portuguese means the sadness that came with "SAUDADE".
It's complicated but SAUDADE does not means just sadness to us. You can be feeling SAUDADE and be happy! You can feel childhood's SAUDADE for e.g. and this doesn't make you sad. You can be feeling SAUDADE from your mom's food, cook her recipe and "kill the SAUDADE" - and this will make you happy, not nostalgic!
Moreover, the best thing about SAUDADE is when you can KILL it! I believe that there is no better feeling in the world than when you hug somebody that you were "with SAUDADE".
Right now, writing this post I'm full of SAUDADE! SAUDADE "from" my friends, my family, SAUDADE from the beach, the smell of the sea...
I look forward to killing this SAUDADE! Can't wait!


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