vergüenza

Spanish

Etymology

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

Derived terms

avergonzar
la de la vergüenza
sinvergüenza
vergonzante
vergonzoso
vergüenza ajena

Related terms

reverencia
sinvergonzonería