05-14-2008, 08:30 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Leicester, NC. USA.
Age: 48
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Originally Posted by analaura
"pena" is when you feel sorry for something, yes, you feel sad... it´s not this emotion here...
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Just so you know(or maybe you just forgot it accidentally ), "pena" also means "shyness" according to a definition I just found in the "Diccionario Larousse de la Real Academia Española". It reads as follows :
Colombia, México, América Central, Venezuela Vergüenza o cortedad que puede tener una persona para ejecutar alguna cosa:
se sonrojaba de pena cuando tenía que hablar en público .
In my turf, it is quite common the use of this term when it comes to performing an action that will make you blush..you know..for instance, it might cause your face to get a sort of reddish-like color.. A tomatoe is the most common noun we use when making comparisons.
Regards,
seeker50.
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