Sara Carbonero is not having, far from it, her simplest spring. When it seemed that the 'scare' that Íker Casillas' heart gave at the beginning of May had been left alone in that, in a scare, the journalist announced on her Instagram account that she had been operated on, just a few days later, for a tumor malignant in the ovary. Although the operation was a success ("everything went very well, fortunately we caught it very early," she assured), as she herself confessed, "I still have a few months of struggle while I follow the corresponding treatment." For this reason, that Sara Carbonero has the word 'saudade' tattooed and is also her favorite in the Portuguese dictionary, makes more sense than ever.
The presenter said goodbye to this May by sharing on Instagram a detailed photograph of the tattoo that decorates her right side. At the height of the ribs, you can read 'Saudade', a Portuguese term that, although it does not have a direct translation into Spanish, refers to “ a feeling close to melancholy, stimulated by the distance to something loved and that implies desire to resolve that distance ”. With the latest events that have marked the life of Sara Carbonero, we can sense that it perfectly defines not only how the presenter and her family feel at the moment, but also serves as a tribute to how much (and beautiful) Portugal means. for them.
What does 'saudade' mean to Sara Carbonero?
Sara Carbonero herself refers to this kind of 'morriña' as "the price paid for living unforgettable moments", as the "presence of absence" and as her "favorite word" in the text that accompanies the photograph in Instagram, a post that in a few hours already added more than 150,000 likes and almost 2,000 comments. In case there was any doubt, the journalist delved even more into the meaning of this word and gave her own definition of 'saudade' in her 'stories' on Instagram. With phrases like “saudade is basically not knowing. Not knowing more if she continues to suffer in cold environments If he continues to smile with those tight little eyes. And he continues by assuring that “what hurts the most is saudade. Saudade of a brother lives far away. Saudade of a childhood waterfall. Saudade from the taste of a fruit that cannot be found anymore.Saudade of the father who died, of the imaginary friend that never existed… ”.
In addition, in the comments of the photograph, we find a beautiful definition of one of the words that has become viral on Instagram in recent days thanks to Sara Carbonero, and who assures that “to understand the word 'Saudade' you have to understand Portuguese culture … you have to understand Fado (destiny) Saudade has a bitter drink of distance and of missing, and the sweet drink that makes you smile for having lived it. Saudade is bitter because of the emptiness that someone left in your life and the sweetness of having shared it with that someone. Saudade is Portugal and the DNA of its people … to understand it you have to have lived in Portugal and know its people from north to south ”.
