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Asturian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.
Noun
vergoña f (plural vergoñes)
- shame
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /beɾˈɡoɲa/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /beɾˈħoɲa/
- Rhymes: -oɲa
- Hyphenation: ver‧go‧ña
Noun
vergoña f (plural vergoñas)
- shame
1387, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 418:It. mando que den de comer a dez homes et molleres pobres de vergona en esta casa do dia que eu finare ata XV dias- Item, I order that they shall feed ten shameful poor men and ten shameful poor women in this house from the day I die till 15 days
- decorum; dignity
- Ten vergoña e pídelles perdón. ― Have some dignity and apologise to them.
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vergonna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vergon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vergoña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vergoña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vergonza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN