vergüenza

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish berguença, from Latin verēcundia, from verēcundus (“feeling shame”), from vereor (“to respect, revere, fear”). Doublet of the rare borrowing verecundia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /beɾˈɡwenθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /beɾˈɡwensa/
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  • Rhymes: -enθa
  • Rhymes: -ensa
  • Syllabification: ver‧güen‧za

Noun

vergüenza f (plural vergüenzas)

  1. shame
    Synonyms: pudor, acholo
  2. embarrassment
    Synonyms: (Latin America) pena, (Peru) palta

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