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Spanish
Etymology
From vergüenza + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /beɾɡonˈθante/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /beɾɡonˈsante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: ver‧gon‧zan‧te
Adjective
vergonzante m or f (masculine and feminine plural vergonzantes)
- shameful, embarrassing
- Synonyms: abochornante, sonrojante
2015 July 15, “¿Eres tía? No puedes cazar fantasmas”, in El País:El derroche de testosterona no sólo era vergonzante por poner en evidencia que, pese al abrumador éxito de otro remake feminista de un clásico de los ochenta como Mad Max: Fury Road, aún queda mucho trabajo que hacer para vallar la zona de confort falocéntrica en la que se han instalado buena parte de los espectadores de blockbusters, sino por descubrir que la ignorancia de los airados era tan palmaria que 'los penes no dejaban ver el bosque'.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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