vergüenza
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
vergüenza f (plural vergüenzas)
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- “vergüenza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014