constrangimento
Portuguese
Etymology
From constranger (“to embarrass”) + -imento.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõs.tɾɐ̃.ʒiˈmẽ.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kõʃ.tɾɐ̃.ʒiˈmẽ.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõs.tɾɐ̃.ʒiˈmẽ.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõʃ.tɾɐ̃.ʒiˈmẽ.tu/
- Hyphenation: cons‧tran‧gi‧men‧to
Noun
constrangimento m (plural constrangimentos)
- embarrassment
- Synonym: vergonha
- limitation, constraint
Related terms
Further reading
- “constrangimento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “constrangimento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026