vergogna

See also: vergògna

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /verˈɡoɲ.ɲa/[1]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oɲɲa
  • Hyphenation: ver‧gó‧gna

Etymology 1

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *verecunnia, from Latin verēcundia, possibly influenced by cunnus (“vagina”). Doublet of verecondia, which was borrowed. Compare Galician vergoña ~ vergonza, but Portuguese and Occitan vergonha, Sicilian virigogna ~ vrigogna, Spanish vergüenza.

Noun

vergogna f (plural vergogne)

  1. shame, disgrace, discredit, scandal
    Synonyms: disonore, (literary) onta
  2. embarrassment, shyness
    Synonyms: imbarazzo, timidezza
  3. (in the plural) private parts
    Synonym: genitali
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vergogna

  1. inflection of vergognare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

  1. ^ vergogna in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Further reading

  • vergogna in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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