English-Portuguese translations for embarrassment

• vergonha
  Contudo, aos lesados de nada serve a nossa vergonha...But out of embarrassment those who have been duped are not buying anything.
  Se a vitória no prometido referendo se afigura impossível, cancela-se este sem que os responsáveis dêem sinais aparentes de vergonha ou de embaraço. If the promised referendum looks unwinnable it is cancelled without apparent shame or embarrassment.
  A origem desta vergonha está na recusa arbitrária da ministra em afectar fundos suficientes ao desenvolvimento rural. The source of this embarrassment is the wanton refusal of the minister to allocate sufficient funds to rural development.

Definition of embarrassment

• A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation
• A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another
• A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements
• Impairment of function due to disease: ''respiratory embarrassment''

Examples

• Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
• Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.

Related words

• embarrassment of riches
• vicarious embarrassment
• secondhand embarrassment