noun, feminine/beɾˈɡwenθa/plural: vergüenzas
shame; embarrassment
“No tengas vergüenza de pedir ayuda.” — Don't feel embarassed to ask for help.
Synonyms: pudor, acholo, pena, palta
Etymology tree Latin vereor Latin -cundus Latin verēcundus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin verēcundia Old Spanish berguença Spanish vergüenza Inherited from Old Spanish berguença, from Latin verēcundia, from verēcundus (“feeling shame”), from vereor (“to respect, revere, fear”). Doublet of vergüeña, a now obsolete synonym which followed a different evolution path from the same Latin term, and the rare borrowing verecun