avergonyir
Catalan
Etymology
From a- + vergonya (“shame”) + -ir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ə.βər.ɡuˈɲi]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ə.vər.ɡuˈɲi]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.veɾ.ɣoˈɲiɾ]
Verb
avergonyir (first-person singular present avergonyeixo, first-person singular preterite avergonyí, past participle avergonyit)
- (transitive) to embarrass
- (reflexive) to be embarrassed, ashamed
- (transitive) to shame
Conjugation
Conjugation of avergonyir (third conjugation, with -eix-)
Derived terms
- avergonyiment
Further reading
- “avergonyir”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “avergonyir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “avergonyir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “avergonyir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.