vergoña

See also: vergona

Asturian

Alternative forms

• vergüeña, virgüenza, verguenza, vergonza

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.

Noun

vergoña f (plural vergoñes)

1. shame

Galician

Alternative forms

• vergonza
• vergonha (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈɡoɲa/ [beɾˈɣ̞o.ɲɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /beɾˈɡoɲa/ [beɾˈɣ̞o.ɲɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /beɾˈħoɲa/ [beɾˈħo.ɲɐ]

• Rhymes: -oɲa
• Hyphenation: ver‧go‧ña

Noun

vergoña f (plural vergoñas)

1. shame
   • 1387, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 418:

     It. mando que den de comer a dez homes et molleres pobres de vergona en esta casa do dia que eu finare ata XV dias

     Item, I order that they shall feed ten shameful poor men and ten shameful poor women in this house from the day I die till 15 days

2. decorum; dignity

   Ten vergoña e pídelles perdón. ― Have some dignity and apologise to them.

Derived terms

• avergoñar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vergonna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “vergon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vergoña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vergoña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vergonza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN