vergogna

See also: vergògna

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /verˈɡoɲ.ɲa/

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• 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

• svergognare
• vergognarsi
• vergognoso

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

Further reading

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