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Occitan
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Etymology
From Old Occitan , from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia. Compare Catalan vergonya, Portuguese vergonha, French vergogne.
Pronunciation
Noun
vergonha f (plural vergonhas)
- shame
- French government policies that disparage and marginalize non-French languages
Portuguese
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Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (displacing collateral form vergonça, compare Spanish vergüenza), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from the Latin verēcundia. Compare French vergogne, Catalan vergonya. Doublet of verecúndia.
Pronunciation
Noun
vergonha f (plural vergonhas)
- shame
- Synonym: ignomínia
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