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vergüenza in English:

1. shame


Shame on you for getting so flustered. You looked ridiculous.
It's a shame that I had to quit my job just when I was getting the hang of things.
I think it's a shame that some foreign language teachers were able to graduate from college without ever having studied with a native speaker.
Youth is such a priceless commodity that it is a shame to waste it on children.
For shame!
You've brought shame to this family, Cecil.
It would be a shame for a young man to be at loose ends just because he can't get the kind of job he wants.
Recently I've stopped being afraid of "living in shame" and being exposed to "public ridicule".
Shame be to him who thinks evil of it.
What with joy and shame, she blushed to the ears.
Japan's shame, the result of the Pacific War, has not yet faded.
I had rather never have been born than have seen this day of shame.
When Toby made fun of my new haircut I went red with shame.
Shame on you. / What a shame that you did not pass your exams.
In present day Japan, "alchemy" is only used metaphorically; to refer to improper means of making money by politicians or religious hucksters with no morals or shame.

English word "vergüenza"(shame) occurs in sets:

Fichas del libro - "The Serf" (Guy Thorne)
Fichas del libro - "André" (William Dunlap)
Letra y traducción de Coldplay The Scientist
Fichas del libro - "Heart Songs" (Jean Blewett)
Fichas del libro - "Songs Unsung" (Lewis Morris)

2. embarrassments



English word "vergüenza"(embarrassments) occurs in sets:

Fichas del libro - "I, the Unspeakable" (Walt Shel...
Fichas del libro - "Kitty Canary" (Kate Langley Bo...
Fichas del libro - "My Year in a Log Cabin" (W. D....
Fichas del libro - "Doctor and Patient" (S. Weir M...
Fichas del libro - "Between Friends" (Robert W. Ch...

3. disgrace


There is no disgrace in being poor.
Is it a disgrace to be divorced with children?
Your behavior brought disgrace on our family.
To disgrace myself.
It will take a long time to live down your disgrace.
Poverty is a pain, but no disgrace.
It is a disgrace of today's world and a grave sign of our decline.
He brought disgrace on his family. / Your behaviour was a disgrace.
It will be disgrace for my family
[+ that] It's a disgrace that money is being wasted like this. przynosić hańbę komuś/czemuś You are a disgrace to your profession.
This love affair is a big disgrace for him as a politician
It builds very heavily on previous legislation, and the implementation of this legislation has been a disgrace.
After his cheating was discovered during the Montreal Olympics, the fencer was sent home in disgrace.
A person who commits a crime is an example of a disgrace to a family
We might as well die as disgrace ourselves.

English word "vergüenza"(disgrace) occurs in sets:

Fichas del libro - "Eskimo Life" (Fridtjof Nansen)
Fichas del libro - "Humours of Irish Life" (Various)
Fichas del libro - "Count Brühl" (Joseph Kraszewski)
Fichas del libro - "The Christian A Story" (Hall C...
Fichas del libro - "The Bishop's Secret" (Fergus H...