vergonha alheia

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻˈɡo.ɲa aˈʎej.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎɐj.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎej.ɐ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎej.ɐ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎe.ɐ/

Noun

vergonha alheia f (uncountable)

cringe; shame felt for actions done by someone else; vicarious embarrassment, secondhand embarrassment
Isso me dá vergonha alheia. ― This gives me secondhand embarassment.

Further reading

“vergonha alheia”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024

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