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From vergonya +‎ -ós.

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vergonyós (feminine vergonyosa, masculine plural vergonyosos, feminine plural vergonyoses)

  1. embarrassing, shameful
  2. ashamed, embarrassed
    • 2016 October, “Charles Martinet, veu de Super Mario: "Super Mario em fa feliç"”, in El Periódico[1]:
      Un amic va intentar que anés amb ell a classes d'actuació, però jo era molt vergonyós i li vaig dir que no.
      A friend tried to get me to go with him to acting classes, but I was too embarrassed and I said no.

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