vergogna.
shame, disgrace, discredit, scandal
Meaning & usage
shame, disgrace, discredit, scandal
embarrassment, shyness
private parts
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia, possibly influenced by cunnus (“vagina”). Doublet of verecondia, which was borrowed. Compare Galician vergoña ~ vergonza, but Portuguese and Occitan vergonha, Sicilian virigogna ~ vrigogna, Spanish vergüenza.
inflection of vergognare: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of vergognare: second-person singular imperative
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