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¡Qué vergüenza ajena!

How embarrassing to watch! / I'm cringing!

Exclamations & Reactions
Notes & Usage:

Vergüenza ajena is the feeling of being embarrassed on someone else's behalf — what English calls secondhand embarrassment or cringe. Very expressive.

See It in Context

—Se puso a cantar sin que nadie se lo pidiera. —¡Qué vergüenza ajena!

—He started singing without anyone asking him to. —How embarrassing to watch!

¡Qué vergüenza ajena me dio verle intentar bailar!

I was cringing watching him try to dance!

—Se equivocó de nombre en el discurso. —¡Qué vergüenza ajena!

—She got the name wrong in the speech. —I'm cringing!