>there are many words that never translate well between languages
Then it becomes a new word in that language. I think this is why english gains ground, because it eats new words constantly.
Then it becomes a new word in that language. I think this is why english gains ground, because it eats new words constantly.
You might translate saudade to mean home sick, missing someone, missing a place, missing an event, not being able to do something, feeling blue, among a few other possibilities.
However none of them actually express 100% the same meaning as a native Portuguese speaker might be feeling when he/she says that word, because there is a mix of feelings and situations related in that single word.
Or for example, the ways an Eskimo might describe a frozen landscape.