Shame
//ʃeɪm//
Translations of "shame" (127 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aklanon | huya'(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Albanian | turp(uncomfortable or painful feeling), turp(something to regret) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | αἰσχύνη(uncomfortable or painful feeling), αἰσχύνω(to cause to feel shame) | aiskhúnē, aiskhúnō | |
| Arabic | خَجَل(uncomfortable or painful feeling), عَار(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), عَيْب(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | ḵajal, ʕār, ʕayb | |
| Aragonese | vergüenya(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Armenian | ամոթ(uncomfortable or painful feeling), խայտառակություն(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | amotʻ, xaytaṙakutʻyun | |
| Aromanian | arushini(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Assamese | লাজ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | laz | |
| Asturian | vergonza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergoña(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergüenza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergüeña(uncomfortable or painful feeling), virgüenza(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | abır(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ayıb(uncomfortable or painful feeling), utanc(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Bangi | nconi(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Bashkir | оят(uncomfortable or painful feeling), оят(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), оят(cause or reason of shame), үкенес(something to regret) | oyat, oyat, oyat, ükenes | |
| Basque | lotsa(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Belarusian | со́рам(uncomfortable or painful feeling), стыд(uncomfortable or painful feeling), прысаро́мліваць(to denounce as having done something shameful), прысаро́міць(to denounce as having done something shameful) | sóram, styd, prysarómlivacʹ, prysarómicʹ | |
| Bengali | লজ্জা(uncomfortable or painful feeling), শরম(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | lojja, śorom | |
| Bikol Central | supog(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Breton | mezh(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Bulgarian | позо́р(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), свян(uncomfortable or painful feeling), сра́мни ча́сти(that which is shameful and private, especially body parts), срам(uncomfortable or painful feeling), срам(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), засрамвам(to cause to feel shame) | pozór, svjan, srámni části, sram, sram, zasramvam | |
| Catalan | llàstima(something to regret), pudor(something to regret), vergonya(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergonya(something to regret) | — | |
| Cebuano | kaulaw(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Central Kurdish | شوورەیی(uncomfortable or painful feeling), شەرم(uncomfortable or painful feeling), عەیب(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | şûreyî, şerm, 'eyb | |
| Chechen | эхь(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | eḥʳ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 倒霉(something to regret), 恥辱 /耻辱(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 羞恥 /羞耻(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 羞辱(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 羞辱(something to regret), 對羞辱 /对羞辱(to cause to feel shame) | dǎoméi, chǐrǔ, xiūchǐ, xiūrǔ, xiūrǔ, duì xiūrǔ | |
| Church Slavic | срамъ(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ⱄⱃⰰⰿⱏ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | sramŭ, sramŭ | |
| Corsican | vargogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Crimean Tatar | ayıp(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Czech | hanba(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ostuda(something to regret), stud(uncomfortable or painful feeling), škoda(something to regret) | — | |
| Danish | skam(uncomfortable or painful feeling), skam(something to regret), skamme ud(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Dari | شَرْم(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | šarm | |
| Dutch | schande(something to regret) | — | |
| Emilian | vargåggna(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Esperanto | hontaĵo(something to regret), honto(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Estonian | häbi(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Fala | vergonza(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Finnish | harmi(something to regret), häpeä(uncomfortable or painful feeling), häpeä(something to regret), häpeä(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), häpeä(cause or reason of shame), häpy(that which is shameful and private, especially body parts), häväistys(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), nolous(cause or reason of shame), vahinko(something to regret), häpäistä(to cause to feel shame), saattaa häpeään(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| French | dommage(something to regret), honte(uncomfortable or painful feeling), honnir(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) | — | |
| Friulian | vergonge(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergonze(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Galician | mágoa(something to regret), pena(something to regret), vergonza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergoña(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergoña(something to regret), avergoñar(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Georgian | დასანანი(something to regret), საწყენი(something to regret), სირცხვილი(uncomfortable or painful feeling), არცხვენს(to cause to feel shame), შეარცხვენს(to cause to feel shame) | dasanani, sac̣q̇eni, sircxvili, arcxvens, šearcxvens | |
| German | Scham(uncomfortable or painful feeling), Schande(uncomfortable or painful feeling), Schande(something to regret), beschämen(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Gheg Albanian | marre(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌹(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 𐌹𐌳𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍄(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | aiwiski, idweit | |
| Greek | ντροπή(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ντροπή(something to regret), ντροπιάζω(to cause to feel shame) | ntropí, ntropí, ntropiázo | |
| Hebrew | בּוּשָׁה(uncomfortable or painful feeling), חֶרְפָּה(something to regret), בייש(to cause to feel shame) | bushá, kherpá, biyésh | |
| Hindi | लज्जा(uncomfortable or painful feeling), शर्म(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | lajjā, śarm | |
| Hungarian | kár(something to regret), szégyen(uncomfortable or painful feeling), megaláz(to cause to feel shame), megszégyenít(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Icelandic | háðung(uncomfortable or painful feeling), skömm(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Ido | shamo(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Ilocano | bain(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Indonesian | malu(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Ingrian | häppiä(uncomfortable or painful feeling), häpy(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Ingush | эхь(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | eḥʳ | |
| Iranian Persian | شَرْم(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | šarm | |
| Irish | náire(uncomfortable or painful feeling), náire(something to regret), adhnáirigh(to cause to feel shame), cuir náire ar(to cause to feel shame), imdhearg(to cause to feel shame), náirigh(to cause to feel shame), tabhair náire do(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Istriot | varguogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Italian | peccato(something to regret), putenza(that which is shameful and private, especially body parts), vergogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergogne(that which is shameful and private, especially body parts) | — | |
| Japanese | 恥(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 恥(something to regret), 羞恥心(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 羞恥心(something to regret), 面汚し(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 面汚し(something to regret), 侮辱する(to cause to feel shame), 恥をかかせる(to cause to feel shame) | haji, haji, shūchishin, shūchishin, tsurayogoshi, tsurayogoshi, bujoku suru, haji o kakaseru | |
| Javanese | isin(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Kazakh | ұят(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | ūät | |
| Khmer | ការអាម៉ាស់(something to regret), ខ្មាស(uncomfortable or painful feeling), លជ្ជាភាព(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ហិរិ(uncomfortable or painful feeling), អាស្រូវ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | kaa ʼaamah, khmaah, lacciəphiəp, heriʼ, ʼaasrəw | |
| Korean | 수치(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 수치(something to regret) | suchi, suchi | |
| Kyrgyz | уят(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | uyat | |
| Latgalian | kauns(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Latin | poena(something to regret), pudor(uncomfortable or painful feeling), pudor(something to regret) | — | |
| Latvian | kauns(uncomfortable or painful feeling), kauns(something to regret) | — | |
| Lezgi | айиб(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | ajib | |
| Lingala | nsoni(uncomfortable or painful feeling), nsóni(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Macedonian | срам(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | sram | |
| Manipuri | ꯏꯀꯥꯏ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | ʼikāʼi | |
| Māori | aniutanga(uncomfortable or painful feeling), māteatea(uncomfortable or painful feeling), māteatea(something to regret), ngaringariā(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ngaringariā(something to regret), whakamā(uncomfortable or painful feeling), whakamā(something to regret) | — | |
| Marathi | लाज(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | lāj | |
| Meru | aibu(something to regret) | — | |
| Mirandese | bargonha(uncomfortable or painful feeling), bergonha(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Mongolian | ичгүүр(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ᠢᠴᠢᠭᠦᠷᠢ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | ičgüür, ičigüri | |
| Nahuatl | pinauia(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Neapolitan | scuorno(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Norman | honte(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | eyb(uncomfortable or painful feeling), şerm(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | skam(uncomfortable or painful feeling), synd(something to regret) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | skam(uncomfortable or painful feeling), synd(something to regret) | — | |
| Nuosu | ꎲ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | shot | |
| Occitan | vergonha(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Old East Slavic | соромъ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | soromŭ | |
| Old English | sċamu(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ǣwisċ(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) | — | |
| Old Javanese | isin(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Ossetian | ӕфсӕрм(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | æfsærm | |
| Ottoman Turkish | اوتاندیرمق(to cause to feel shame) | utandırmak | |
| Pangasinan | baing(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | ганьба(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | hanʹba | |
| Pashto | شرم(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | šárəm | |
| Plautdietsch | Schaund(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Polish | hańba(uncomfortable or painful feeling), sromota(uncomfortable or painful feeling), wstyd(uncomfortable or painful feeling), zawstydzać(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Portuguese | vergonha(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergonha(something to regret), envergonhar(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Romani | lazhav(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision) | — | |
| Romanian | rușine(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Russian | доса́да(something to regret), жаль(something to regret), позо́р(uncomfortable or painful feeling), срам(uncomfortable or painful feeling), срам(that which is shameful and private, especially body parts), стыд(uncomfortable or painful feeling), опозо́рить(to cause to feel shame), осрамля́ть(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour), позо́рить(to cause to feel shame), позо́рить(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour), посрамля́ть(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour), пристыди́ть(to cause to feel shame), пристыди́ть(to denounce as having done something shameful), пристыжа́ть(to denounce as having done something shameful), стыди́ть(to cause to feel shame), стыди́ть(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour), ше́ймить(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) | dosáda, žalʹ, pozór, sram, sram, styd, opozóritʹ, osramljátʹ, pozóritʹ, pozóritʹ, posramljátʹ, pristydítʹ, pristydítʹ, pristyžátʹ, stydítʹ, stydítʹ, šéjmitʹ | |
| Sanskrit | लज्जा(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | lajjā | |
| Sardinian | bergugna(uncomfortable or painful feeling), bilgonza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), birgonza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), bregunza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), bregúngia(uncomfortable or painful feeling), brigunza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), frigonza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vilgonza(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | sramòta(something to regret), srȃm(uncomfortable or painful feeling), stȋd(uncomfortable or painful feeling), сра̑м(uncomfortable or painful feeling), сти̑д(uncomfortable or painful feeling), posrámiti(to cause to feel shame), postídjeti(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Sicilian | briogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling), russura(uncomfortable or painful feeling), sdilleggiu(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), virgogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vivrogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vrigogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vriogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Slovak | hanba(uncomfortable or painful feeling), stud(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Slovene | sram(uncomfortable or painful feeling), sramota(something to regret) | — | |
| Spanish | acholo(uncomfortable or painful feeling), lástima(something to regret), pena(something to regret), pudor(something to regret), vergüenza(uncomfortable or painful feeling), vergüenza(something to regret), vergüenzas(that which is shameful and private, especially body parts), avergonzar(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Swahili | aibu(uncomfortable or painful feeling), aibu(something to regret), fedheha(something to regret), aibisha(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Swedish | skam(uncomfortable or painful feeling), synd(something to regret) | — | |
| Tagalog | hiya(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Tajik | шарм(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | šarm | |
| Tamil | அவமானம்(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), களங்கம்(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), வெட்கம்(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | avamāṉam, kaḷaṅkam, veṭkam | |
| Tatar | оят(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | oyat | |
| Telugu | సిగ్గు(uncomfortable or painful feeling), సిగ్గు(something to regret) | siggu, siggu | |
| Tetum | moe(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Thai | ความละอายใจ(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | kwaam-lá-aai-jai | |
| Tocharian B | kwīpe(uncomfortable or painful feeling), yase(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Turkish | ayıp(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ayıp(something to regret), utanç(uncomfortable or painful feeling), utandırmak(to cause to feel shame) | — | |
| Turkmen | utanç(uncomfortable or painful feeling), uýat(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Ugaritic | 𐎁𐎅𐎘(uncomfortable or painful feeling), 𐎁𐎅𐎘(something to regret) | bhṯ, bhṯ | |
| Ukrainian | ганьба́(uncomfortable or painful feeling), со́ром(uncomfortable or painful feeling), стид(uncomfortable or painful feeling), осоро́мити(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour), осоро́млювати(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour), посоро́мити(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour), присоро́мити(to denounce as having done something shameful), присоро́млювати(to denounce as having done something shameful), соро́мити(to cause to feel shame), соро́мити(to cover with reproach or ignominy — see also disgrace, dishonour) | hanʹbá, sórom, styd, osorómyty, osorómljuvaty, posorómyty, prysorómyty, prysorómljuvaty, sorómyty, sorómyty | |
| Unami | mixanësëwakàn(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Urdu | شَرْم(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | śarm | |
| Uyghur | ئار(uncomfortable or painful feeling), ئۇيات(uncomfortable or painful feeling), نومۇس(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | ar, uyat, nomus | |
| Uzbek | nomus(uncomfortable or painful feeling), or(uncomfortable or painful feeling), sharm(uncomfortable or painful feeling), uyat(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Venetan | vargogna(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — | |
| Vietnamese | mối nhục(cause or reason of shame), sự hổ thẹn(uncomfortable or painful feeling), sự ngượng(uncomfortable or painful feeling), sự thẹn(uncomfortable or painful feeling), sự xấu hổ(uncomfortable or painful feeling), điều đáng tiếc(something to regret) | — | |
| Welsh | cywillydd(uncomfortable or painful feeling), cywillydd(something to regret), cywillydd(reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision), gwaradwydd(something to regret) | — | |
| Yaghnobi | шарм(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | šarm | |
| Yiddish | פֿאַרשעמען(to cause to feel shame) | farshemen | |
| Zazaki | ar (diq)(uncomfortable or painful feeling), eib(uncomfortable or painful feeling), eib(something to regret), eib(something to regret), eyb(something to regret), eyv(uncomfortable or painful feeling), şerm (diq)(uncomfortable or painful feeling) | — |
huya'
turp, turp
vergüenya
arushini
vergonza, vergoña, vergüenza, vergüeña, virgüenza
abır, ayıb, utanc
nconi
lotsa
supog
mezh
позо́р, свян, сра́мни ча́сти, срам, срам, засрамвам
pozór, svjan, srámni části, sram, sram, zasramvam
llàstima, pudor, vergonya, vergonya
kaulaw
vargogna
ayıp
hanba, ostuda, stud, škoda
skam, skam, skamme ud
schande
vargåggna
hontaĵo, honto
häbi
vergonza
harmi, häpeä, häpeä, häpeä, häpeä, häpy, häväistys, nolous, vahinko, häpäistä, saattaa häpeään
dommage, honte, honnir
vergonge, vergonze
mágoa, pena, vergonza, vergoña, vergoña, avergoñar
დასანანი, საწყენი, სირცხვილი, არცხვენს, შეარცხვენს
dasanani, sac̣q̇eni, sircxvili, arcxvens, šearcxvens
Scham, Schande, Schande, beschämen
marre
kár, szégyen, megaláz, megszégyenít
háðung, skömm
shamo
bain
malu
häppiä, häpy
náire, náire, adhnáirigh, cuir náire ar, imdhearg, náirigh, tabhair náire do
varguogna
peccato, putenza, vergogna, vergogne
恥, 恥, 羞恥心, 羞恥心, 面汚し, 面汚し, 侮辱する, 恥をかかせる
haji, haji, shūchishin, shūchishin, tsurayogoshi, tsurayogoshi, bujoku suru, haji o kakaseru
isin
kauns
poena, pudor, pudor
kauns, kauns
nsoni, nsóni
aniutanga, māteatea, māteatea, ngaringariā, ngaringariā, whakamā, whakamā
aibu
bargonha, bergonha
pinauia
scuorno
honte
eyb, şerm
skam, synd
skam, synd
vergonha
sċamu, ǣwisċ
isin
baing
Schaund
hańba, sromota, wstyd, zawstydzać
vergonha, vergonha, envergonhar
lazhav
rușine
доса́да, жаль, позо́р, срам, срам, стыд, опозо́рить, осрамля́ть, позо́рить, позо́рить, посрамля́ть, пристыди́ть, пристыди́ть, пристыжа́ть, стыди́ть, стыди́ть, ше́ймить
dosáda, žalʹ, pozór, sram, sram, styd, opozóritʹ, osramljátʹ, pozóritʹ, pozóritʹ, posramljátʹ, pristydítʹ, pristydítʹ, pristyžátʹ, stydítʹ, stydítʹ, šéjmitʹ
bergugna, bilgonza, birgonza, bregunza, bregúngia, brigunza, frigonza, vilgonza
sramòta, srȃm, stȋd, сра̑м, сти̑д, posrámiti, postídjeti
briogna, russura, sdilleggiu, virgogna, vivrogna, vrigogna, vriogna
hanba, stud
sram, sramota
acholo, lástima, pena, pudor, vergüenza, vergüenza, vergüenzas, avergonzar
aibu, aibu, fedheha, aibisha
skam, synd
hiya
moe
kwīpe, yase
ayıp, ayıp, utanç, utandırmak
utanç, uýat
ганьба́, со́ром, стид, осоро́мити, осоро́млювати, посоро́мити, присоро́мити, присоро́млювати, соро́мити, соро́мити
hanʹbá, sórom, styd, osorómyty, osorómljuvaty, posorómyty, prysorómyty, prysorómljuvaty, sorómyty, sorómyty
mixanësëwakàn
nomus, or, sharm, uyat
vargogna
mối nhục, sự hổ thẹn, sự ngượng, sự thẹn, sự xấu hổ, điều đáng tiếc
cywillydd, cywillydd, cywillydd, gwaradwydd
ar (diq), eib, eib, eib, eyb, eyv, şerm (diq)
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