English → Latin
“embarrassment” in Latin
implicātiōentanglement; involvementperturbātiōconfusion; disturbance, disorder; commotiondubitātiōdoubt, uncertainty; wavering, hesitation; questioningperturbōto confuse; to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarmimpedīmentumimpediment, hindrance; luggage, equipageinterpellātiōinterruption (in speaking), hindrancemoraa duration of time before an event takes place, delay; a delay in the performance of an action, putting off; hindrancedifficultāsdifficulty, distress, trouble, hardshipnesciōto not know, to be ignorant, to not understand
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
embarrassment
Perplexity, etc., implicatio (figuratively; e.g., rei familiaris, Cic.): perturbatio (destruction of the proper order of anything; also confusion of mind): mens turbata (embarrassment of mind): dubitatio (doubt): os confusum (embarrassed look). Embarrassments (= embarrassed circumstances), implicatio rei familiaris; res familiaris affecta or perturbata: on account of his embarrassments, propter implicationem rei familiaris (Cic.). I know not how to escape from my embarrassment, nescio, quomodo me expediam (ex re).
Hindrance, impedimentum: interpellatio: mora: difficultas. SYN. in HINDERANCE, v.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for embarrassment?
- The usual Latin words for “embarrassment” are implicātiō, perturbātiō, dubitātiō; also perturbō, impedīmentum, interpellātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.