Claudio,
It seems that there are important and intriguing differences in the expression of uncomfortableness in different languages.
In English, any actual blame/shame is put on others, as in thanks to XXX, shame on XXX, or expressed more woolly, as in it is a great shame.
Or the feeling is expressed as a suitable degree of regret, sorrow, or grief, which is no more an acknowledgement of being to blame than is the Spanish way.
I post here to keep that other thread clear.
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