vergüenza

== Spanish == === Etymology === 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 verecundia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beɾˈɡwenθa/ [beɾˈɣ̞wẽn̟.θa] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /beɾˈɡwensa/ [beɾˈɣ̞wẽn.sa] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -enθa (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -ensa (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: ver‧güen‧za === Noun === vergüenza f (plural vergüenzas) shame Synonyms: pudor, acholo embarrassment Synonyms: (Latin America) pena, (Peru) palta ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “vergüenza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025