vergonha alheia
Portuguese, noun/veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/
vergonha alheia is spelled V-E-R-G-O-N-H-A-A-L-H-E-I-A (14 letters). Vergonha alheia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “cringe; shame felt for actions done by someone else; vicarious embarrassment, secondhand embarrassment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vergonha alheia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecringe; shame felt for actions done by someone else; vicarious embarrassment, secondhand embarrassment
Isso me dá vergonha alheia.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
phrase: 1. a vergonha que se sente pelo que os outros dizem ou fazem
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce vergonha alheia?
- Brazil /veʁˈɡõ.ɲɐ aˈʎej.ɐ/
- Brazil [veɦˈɡõ.j̃ɐ aˈʎeɪ̯.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vergonha alheia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.