añorar

To long for or miss something with a sense of nostalgia — for a person, place, or time that's gone (añoro mi infancia, añora su país natal). More wistful and nostalgia-tinged than extrañar or echar de menos, though the three overlap heavily.

• Añoro los veranos en casa de mis abuelos. — I long for the summers at my grandparents' house.
• Después de tantos años fuera, añora su país natal. — After so many years away, she longs for her native country.
• Añoramos aquella época más sencilla. — We long for that simpler time.

Treating añorar as identical to extrañar (missing a person day-to-day) — añorar leans more toward nostalgic longing for something past, not just the everyday absence of someone.

Often confused with extrañar.

• song "Añorar" — Song by Spanish singer Rosa López, who rose to fame winning the first season of Operación Triunfo in 2001 and represented Spain at Eurovision 2002 — a well-known example of this verb of nostalgic longing used as a song title.