Examples of using "Kínos" in a sentence and their english translations:
- That's embarrassing.
- This is embarrassing.
How embarrassing!
This is a bit embarrassing.
That was an awkward moment.
Something kind of embarrassing.
It's embarrassing to be late for a date.
This is awkward.
I know these are very uncomfortable questions.
Tom doesn't feel comfortable talking about his feelings.
That was awkward.
- That would be awkward.
- That would be weird.
"Well, it's embarrassing, but my daughter’s in bed
His words embarrassed me.
Tom helped me out of a jam.
According to an anecdote, a Hungarian ornithologist was invited to give a lecture on his field in East Germany, and a Hungarian student who studied there was asked to interpret. The lecture started, the first picture was shown, with the following words: "This is a hoopoe with perching legs and a double-feathered crest that can be made erect or decumbent.” The explanation was followed by an awkward silence and after long, painful minutes, the interpreter started to speak: “Vogel!” (bird).