Michael Amoruso, Author at Erraticus

(Mauricio Santos)

Saudade: Happy Melancholy, Nostalgia for What Is Absent

October 9, 2018May 19, 2021 5 min read Michael Amoruso Emotions, Language, Nostalgia

Portuguese speakers commonly boast that “saudade” is untranslatable. Does that mean certain emotion experiences can be unique to a particular culture?