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Galician
Etymology
First attested in 1916. From vergoña (“shame”) + -ento.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (standard) /beɾɡoˈɲɛnto/
- IPA(key): (gheada) /beɾħoˈɲɛnto/
- Rhymes: -ɛnto
- Hyphenation: ver‧go‧ñen‧to
Adjective
vergoñento (feminine vergoñenta, masculine plural vergoñentos, feminine plural vergoñentas)
- shameful
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vergoñento”, 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), “vergoñento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vergoñento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN