vergonhoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From vergonha +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.ɡõˈɲo.zu/ [veɦ.ɡõˈj̃o.zu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.ɡõˈɲo.zu/ [veɦ.ɡõˈj̃o.zu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾ.ɡõˈɲo.zu/ [veɾ.ɡõˈj̃o.zu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁ.ɡõˈɲo.zu/ [veʁ.ɡõˈj̃o.zu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.ɡoˈɲo.zo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.ɡuˈɲo.zu/ [vɨɾ.ɣuˈɲo.zu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.ɡuˈɲo.zu/ [vɨɾ.ɣuˈɲo.zu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾ.ɡuˈɲo.zu/ [bɨɾ.ɣuˈɲo.zu]

• Rhymes: -ozu
• Hyphenation: ver‧go‧nho‧so

Adjective

vergonhoso (feminine vergonhosa, masculine plural vergonhosos, feminine plural vergonhosas, metaphonic)

1. shameful (causing or meriting shame)

Derived terms

• vergonhosamente

Further reading

• “vergonhoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024