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onta.

shame, disgrace

4 characters2 syllables approx.Italiano language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈon.ta/

  1. shame, disgrace

    feminine · literary
    I Romani dovettero subire l'onta delle Forche Caudine.

  2. insult, affront

    feminine · literary
    L'onta patita fu lavata nel sangue.

  3. damage, harm, nuisance

    feminine · figuratively · literary · poetic
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old French honte, from Early Medieval Latin haunta, borrowed from Frankish *haunitha, from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (“humiliation”).

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