English-Spanish translations for embarrassment

• vergüenza
  Su nombramiento es una vergüenza para Gran Bretaña. Her appointment is an embarrassment for Britain.
  Todo lo que puedo decir sobre eso es que es una vergüenza. All I can say about that is that it is an embarrassment!
  Ninguna alusión a la vergüenza que supone la presencia de tropas turcas en territorio de la UE. No embarrassment about the presence of Turkish troops on EU territory.
• bochorno
  El caso del Congo es un paso adelante bienvenido, pero el bochorno de Bosnia-Herzegovina ha sido un contratiempo. Congo is a welcome step forward but our current embarrassment over Bosnia-Herzegovina is a setback.
  Si parece que no puede ganarse el referéndum prometido se cancela sin vergüenza ni bochorno. If the promised referendum looks unwinnable it is cancelled without apparent shame or embarrassment.
  El origen de este bochorno reside en la insensata negativa de la ministra de asignar fondos suficientes para el desarrollo rural. The source of this embarrassment is the wanton refusal of the minister to allocate sufficient funds to rural development.
• Central America
• Chile
• colloquial

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