vergonza

Galician

Alternative forms

• vergoña

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese vergonça, a semi-learned form from Latin verecundia. Compare Spanish vergüenza.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈɡonθa/ [beɾˈɣ̞on̪.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /beɾˈɡonθa/ [beɾˈɣ̞on̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /beɾˈħonθa/ [beɾˈħon̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada and seseo) /beɾˈħonsa/ [beɾˈħon.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -onθa

• Rhymes: -onθa
• Rhymes: -onsa

• Hyphenation: ver‧gon‧za

Noun

vergonza f (plural vergonzas)

1. shame
   • c. 1300, R. Martínez López, editor, General Estoria. Versión gallega del siglo XIV, Oviedo: Publicacións de Archivum, page 7:

     Et deu Deus Eua a Adam por companeyra; et Adam et [Eua] eram ambos desnũus, mays nõ aviã ende vergonça

     And God give Eva to Adam as companion; an Adam and Eva were both nude, but they didn't have shame because of this

2. decorum; dignity

   Ten vergonza e pídelles perdón. ― Have some dignity and apologise to them.

Derived terms

• avergonzar

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “vergonça”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ergonça”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “vergonza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “vergonza”, 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