señardade

Galician

Alternative forms

• señardá (proscribed)

Etymology

From Latin singulāritās, singulāritātem (“singleness”). Doublet of singularidade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [seɲaɾˈðaðɪ]

Noun

señardade f (plural señardades)

1. nostalgia, longing; feeling of loneliness

   Synonym: saudade

   • 1954, Manuel María, “O Carro”, in Terra Chá:

     Non canta na Chá ninguén.
     Por eso o meu carro canta.
     Canta o seu eixo tan ben
     que a señardade me espanta.
     Non hai canto tan fermoso:
     fino como un asubío.
     Anque é, ás vegadas, saudoso,
     faise, no ar, rechouchío.

     Nobody is singing in the Plains
     that's why my cart sings.
     Its axle sings so good
     that it drives off my loneliness.
     There is no song so beautiful:
     high-pitched as a whistle.
     Albeit it is, sometimes, lonesome
     in the air it becomes a tweet.

Derived terms

• señardoso

Related terms

• aseñar
• senlleiro

See also

• morriña (“homesickness”)

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “señardá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “señardade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “señardade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN