berguença

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin verēcundia (“shame, awe”), from Latin verēcundus (“feeling shame; worthy or reverence, venerable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βeɾˈɡwent͡sa/

Noun

berguença f (usually uncountable)

1. regard, respect
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 42v:

     dixo heliſe_s viuo es el ſennor delos fõſados delant q̃en ẏo eſto q̃ ſi ñ fueſſe por berguẽça de ioſapha nõ cataria ati nj not ueria. agora adozid me .j. cantador epues q̃nt adios cantare ſera ſobrel ppħiſmo del criador.

     [Then] Elisha said, “The Lord of Hosts lives, before whom I stand, [for] were it not out of regard for Jehoshaphat, I would not look at you nor see you. [But] now bring me a singer.” And so when to God he sings the prophecy of the Creator will be upon him.

Descendants

• Ladino: verguensa
• Spanish: vergüenza