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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin verēcundia. Doublet of vergonha and vergonça.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ve.ɾeˈkũ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ve.ɾeˈkũ.d͡ʒjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ve.ɾeˈkũ.d͡ʒi.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ve.ɾeˈkũ.d͡ʒjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ve.ɾeˈkũ.d͡ʒi.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ve.ɾeˈkũ.d͡ʒja/
- Hyphenation: ve‧re‧cún‧di‧a
Noun
verecúndia f (plural verecúndias)
- (literary, rare) Synonym of vergonha