embarrassing in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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embarrassing [Am əmˈbɛrəsɪŋ, Brit ɪmˈbarəsɪŋ, ɛmˈbarəsɪŋ] ADJ

embarrassing mistake/experience/remark
embarazoso
embarrassing situation
embarazoso
embarrassing situation
violento
embarrassing attempt/performance
penoso
embarrassing attempt/performance
lamentable
I found the whole incident acutely embarrassing
todo el asunto me hizo sentir muy violento or incómodo
the revelations could be highly embarrassing for him
las revelaciones podrían ponerlo en una situación muy embarazosa
it was the most embarrassing moment of my whole life
en mi vida había pasado tanta vergüenza
it was the most embarrassing moment of my whole life
fue el momento más penoso de mi vida LatAm excl CSur
the singing was so bad it was embarrassing
cantaban tan mal, que daba vergüenza ajena
the singing was so bad it was embarrassing
cantaban tan mal, que daba pena ajena LatAm excl CSur

embarrass [Am ˌɪmˈbɛrəs, ˌɛmˈbɛrəs, Brit ɪmˈbarəs, ɛmˈbarəs] VB trans

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I found her profuse thanks embarrassing
me agradeció tan efusivamente que me sentí incómoda
acutely painful/embarrassing
extremadamente
acutely painful/embarrassing
sumamente

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embarrassing Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it's embarrassing for me to ask him/her for money
me da apuro pedirle el dinero
to embarrass sb with a question
poner a alguien en un aprieto con una pregunta
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He has called this the most embarrassing moment in his career.
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They often had them dressed in embarrassing costumes.
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In all the letters to his brother he complains about the language and his inability to understand it, which results in embarrassing situations.
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This would often result in either spectacular saves or embarrassing goals allowed into an open net.
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Instead, they face embarrassing moments feeling as though they are outsiders in their own house.
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If anything, it makes it more embarrassing, because that was a private thing.
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It was considered embarrassing for a monk to be born in no better birth than that of a gandharva.
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He replied that he couldn't easily ring up and ask for a gig, he found it so embarrassing.
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The candidate wins the election despite his incessant, embarrassing mishaps.
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There is a section where contributors admit their more embarrassing misheard lyric mishaps and the moment they came upon their mistakes.
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