Feelings you know but could not quite name — and words that fool you. These are honest seeds pending native review (ADR-060): a starting map, never the final word.
saudade Portuguese
a tender, bittersweet longing for someone or something absent — carrying both the ache of the absence and the sweetness of having had it.
English reaches for “longing / nostalgia”. English needs a whole phrase ("a bittersweet longing for what is gone") where Portuguese has one word; "nostalgia" is only the sweet half, "grief" only the sad half.
thương Vietnamese
a gentle, caring love-with-compassion — softer and more everyday than romantic "yêu" (love); the warmth you feel caring for family or someone vulnerable.
English reaches for “love / tenderness”. English "love" is one big word; Vietnamese splits it — "thương" is the tender, protective care that English can only reach with extra words.
sobremesa Spanish
the relaxed, unhurried time spent talking at the table AFTER a meal is finished — the contentment of lingering with people, food long done.
English reaches for “(no word) after-meal chat”. English has no word at all for this warm, low-energy togetherness; you have to describe the whole scene.
retrouvailles French
the specific JOY of reuniting with someone after a long time apart — not the meeting itself, but the feeling of finding each other again.
English reaches for “reunion”. "Reunion" names the event; French names the feeling inside it.
tuha (туга) Ukrainian
a deep, heavy yearning or sorrow — a heartache for something distant or lost, weightier than "sadness".
English reaches for “yearning / melancholy”. English "melancholy" is close but literary; "tuha" is the everyday word for a heavy, longing sorrow.
abhimaan (अभिमान) Hindi
the tender, hurt kind of pride you feel when someone you LOVE has slighted you — a loving sulk, not arrogance; it exists only because you care.
English reaches for “wounded pride / a loving sulk”. English "pride" leans arrogant; "abhimaan" is the opposite — a soft hurt that only love can cause. (In other contexts the word can mean pride/ego; here it is the affectionate sulk.)
ilusión Spanish false friend
hopeful, happy ANTICIPATION — the bright excitement of looking forward to something ("me hace ilusión" = it makes me happy/excited).
Looks like “illusion (looks like)”. It does NOT mean a deceptive "illusion". It is a POSITIVE feeling — a false friend that flips from negative to warm.
sympathique French false friend
likeable, nice, friendly — a person who is pleasant company.
Looks like “sympathetic (looks like)”. It does NOT mean feeling "sympathy" for someone. Calling a party "sympa" means it was fun, not sad.
esquisito Portuguese false friend
weird, strange, off-putting — something that feels odd or unpleasant.
Looks like “exquisite (looks like)”. It does NOT mean "exquisite / delightful". A false friend that flips from lovely to off-putting.
Why collect them?
Every word here names a real place on the same feeling map you already have — it just gives you a label you were missing. A bigger vocabulary is not a bigger heart; it is a map with more names on it, and the false friends are the reminder that the words never line up one-to-one.
