Feminine

vergonha

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ/
Etymology

In summary

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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