vergüeña

synonym of vergüenza (“shame”)

Etymology tree Latin verēcundia Old Spanish verguenna Spanish vergüeña Inherited from Old Spanish verguenna, vergueña, from Latin verēcundia, from verēcundus (“feeling shame”), from vereor (“to respect, revere, fear”). Doublet of vergüenza, which followed a different evolution path from the same Latin term, and the rare borrowing verecundia.