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vergonha.

shame

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/Brazil[veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]Brazil/veɾˈɡõ.ɲɐ/São-Paulo[veɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ]São-Paulo

  1. shame

    feminine
Where this word comes from

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.

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