vergüenza

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/ [beɾˈɣ̞wẽn̟.θa]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /beɾˈɡwensa/ [beɾˈɣ̞wẽn.sa]
Audio (Colombia): (file)
(Spain) Rhymes: -enθa
(Latin America) Rhymes: -ensa
Syllabification: ver‧güen‧za

Noun

vergüenza f (plural vergüenzas)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

“vergüenza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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