tenho saudades tuas

English translation: I miss you

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Portuguese term or phrase:	tenho saudades tuas
English translation:	I miss you
Entered by:	Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

08:59 Oct 6, 2009

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Portuguese term or phrase: tenho saudades tuas

I dont no what language this is written in i think it might be portuguese but does anybody no what this means in english?

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I miss you

Explanation:
And it is Portuguese.

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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil

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5 +14

I miss you

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

5 +6

I miss you

Isabel Peck

4 +1

I long to see you again

Paul Dixon

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +14

I miss you

Explanation:
And it is Portuguese.

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 83

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1 min confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

I miss you

Explanation:
That's the meaning

Isabel Peck
Portugal
Local time: 23:33
Native speaker of:

Portuguese,

English
PRO pts in category: 16

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

I long to see you again

Explanation:
An alternative.

"Saudade" is an unusual concept which AFAIK only exists in Portuguese. While other words fit the bill, such as "homesickness", "nostalgia" and "yearning", none has quite the same shade of meaning as "saudade".

It is interesting to note that the Oxford dictionary mentions saudade as an acceptable word in English (page 1569):

"saudade (noun): a feeling of longing, melancholy or nostalgia that is supposedly characteristic of the Brazilian or Portuguese temperament". It can be used about people (in which case it does indeed convey the idea of "I miss you") or things.

In the words of Casimiro de Abreu (1839 - 1860):

"Oh ! Que saudades que tenho
Da aurora da minha vida,
Da minha infância querida
Que os anos não trazem mais!"

(How I long for the dawn of my life / My dear babyhood / That the years shall never bring back!)

Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 19:33
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 60

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