Occitan

Noun

vergonha f (plural vergonhas)

1. shame
2. French government policies that disparage and marginalize non-French languages

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vergonna (displacing collateral form vergonça, compare Spanish vergüenza), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from the Latin verēcundia.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.ˈɣo.ɲɐ/
• Hyphenation: ver‧go‧nha

Noun

vergonha f (plural vergonhas)

1. shame

Related terms

• envergonhar