vergogna

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) shame, disgrace, discredit, scandal
2. (feminine) embarrassment, shyness
3. (feminine, in-plural) private parts

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of vergognare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of vergognare:

Concepts

shame

disgrace

shame

ignominy

dishonor

fie

embarrassment

insult

reproach

privy parts

discredit

shyness

abashment

dishonour

Synonyms

disonore

infamia

ignominia

imbarazzo

onta

pudore

riprovazione

ritrosia

timidezza

timidità

br’u’gna

confusione

disdoro

disgrazia

indegnità

obbrobrio

obbrobriosità

Translations

vergüenza

honte

vergonha

vergonya

Scham

Schande

schaamte

ντροπή

vergonha

utanç

خجل

pudor

schande

Hyphenated as

ver‧gó‧gna

Pronounced as (IPA)

/verˈɡoɲ.ɲa/

Etymology

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.