verlegen

Significat (anglès)

1. shy, bashful, timid
2. embarrassed
3. lacking, having a shortage
4. (obsolete) spoiled, rotten

Amb guionet com

ver‧le‧gen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/vərˈleːɣə(n)/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle Dutch verleghen (“weakened, spoilt”), past participle of Middle Dutch verliggen (“to lie wrong, be stuck, whither away”). By surface analysis, ver- + liggen.

Sents

Het kleine kindje was verlegen en kroop weg achter de benen van haar moeder .

The little child was shy and crawled away behind her mother's legs.