vergoña

See also: vergona

Asturian

Alternative forms
  • vergüeña, virgüenza, verguenza, vergonza

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.

Noun

vergoña f (plural vergoñes)

  1. shame

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [beɾˈɣoɲɐ]

Noun

vergoña f (plural vergoñas)

  1. shame
    • 1387, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 418:
      It. mando que den de comer a dez homes et molleres pobres de vergona en esta casa do dia que eu finare ata XV dias
      Item, I order that they shall feed ten shameful poor men and ten shameful poor women in this house from the day I die till 15 days
  2. decorum; dignity
    Ten vergoña e pídelles perdón. ― Have some dignity and apologise to them.

Derived terms
  • avergoñar

References
  • “vergonna” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “vergon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “vergoña” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “vergoña” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “vergonza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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