vergonha

Occitan

Alternative forms

• vergougno (Mistralian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [berˈɣuɲo]

• Audio:

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Noun

vergonha f (plural vergonhas)

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

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vergonça (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (displacing collateral form vergonça, compare Spanish vergüenza), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from the Latin verēcundia. Compare French vergogne, Catalan vergonya. Doublet of verecúndia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/ [veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/ [veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈɡõ.ɲɐ/ [veɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/ [veʁˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻˈɡo.ɲa/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ/ [bɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ]

• Audio (Brazil):

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• Hyphenation: ver‧go‧nha

Noun

vergonha f (plural vergonhas)

1. shame

   Synonym: ignomínia

Derived terms

• avergonhar
• desavergonhado
• desvergonha
• envergonhar
• sem-vergonha
• sem-vergonhice
• vergonhoso

 

Related terms

• envergonhar

 

Descendants

• Macanese: vegónha, vegônha