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sofrência

🇧🇷 Portuguese slang from Brazil

What does “sofrência” mean?

heartbreak (music)

Example

“Hoje é dia de sofrência e modão.”
Tonight is for heartbreak songs and classics.

Good to know

From "sofrer" (to suffer). Sertanejo subgenre about lost love, made famous by Marília Mendonça.

Who you can say it to

Fine with anyone

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The textbook way to say it: tristeza de amor

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