vergoña
See also: vergona
Asturian
Alternative forms
- vergüeña, virgüenza, verguenza, vergonza
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.
Noun
vergoña f (plural vergoñes)
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese vergonna (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verecundia.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oɲa
- Hyphenation: ver‧go‧ña
Noun
vergoña f (plural vergoñas)
- 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
- decorum; dignity
- Ten vergoña e pídelles perdón. ― Have some dignity and apologise to them.
Derived terms
- avergoñar
References
- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “vergonna”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “vergon”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vergoña”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “vergoña”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “vergonza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Further reading
- “vergoña”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025