roche
Short answer
In Lima, "roche" means embarrassment, awkwardness. The register is coloquial — fine among friends, out of place in a job interview or anything written to an institution. The standard Spanish equivalent is "vergüenza". In use: ¡Qué roche!
| Part of speech | sustantivo |
|---|---|
| Register | coloquial |
| Standard Spanish | vergüenza |
| In use | ¡Qué roche! How embarrassing! |
Draft entry — needs a native-speaker check before publishing.
Qué roche is the everyday exclamation. Me da roche means it embarrasses me. Distinct from shame in the moral sense — this is social awkwardness.