vergonha

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia. Compare Catalan vergonya, French vergogne.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [berˈɣuɲo]

Noun

vergonha f (plural vergonhas)

  1. shame
  2. French government policies that disparage and marginalize non-French languages

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vergonna (displacing collateral form vergonça, compare Spanish vergüenza), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from the Latin verēcundia.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾ.ˈɣo.ɲɐ/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧go‧nha

Noun

vergonha f (plural vergonhas)

  1. shame
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