vergonhoso

Portuguese

Etymology

From vergonha +‎ -oso.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁ.ɡõˈɲo.zu/ [veɦ.ɡõˈj̃o.zu]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾ.ɡõˈɲo.zu/ [veɾ.ɡõˈj̃o.zu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁ.ɡõˈɲo.zu/ [veʁ.ɡõˈj̃o.zu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻ.ɡoˈɲo.zo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾ.ɡuˈɲo.zu/ [vɨɾ.ɣuˈɲo.zu]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨɾ.ɡuˈɲo.zu/ [bɨɾ.ɣuˈɲo.zu]

Rhymes: -ozu
Hyphenation: ver‧go‧nho‧so

Adjective

vergonhoso (feminine vergonhosa, masculine plural vergonhosos, feminine plural vergonhosas, metaphonic)

shameful (causing or meriting shame)

Derived terms

vergonhosamente

Further reading

“vergonhoso”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025