vergonha alheia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/ [veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ aˈʎeɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /veɾˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/ [veɾˈɡõ.j̃ɐ aˈʎeɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/ [veʁˈɡõ.j̃ɐ aˈʎeɪ̯.ɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /veɻˈɡo.ɲa aˈʎej.a/ [veɻˈɡo.ɲa aˈʎeɪ̯.a]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎɐj.ɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎɐj.ɐ]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /bɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎej.ɐ/ [bɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎej.ɐ]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎej.ɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎej.ɐ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /vɨɾˈɡo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎe.ɐ/ [vɨɾˈɣo.ɲɐ ɐˈʎe.ɐ]

Noun

vergonha alheia f (uncountable)

  1. cringe; shame felt for actions done by someone else; vicarious embarrassment, secondhand embarrassment
    Isso me dá vergonha alheia. ― This gives me secondhand embarrassment.

Further reading

  • “vergonha alheia”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
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