culpa

Inflexiones de 'culpa' (nf): fpl: culpas

Del verbo culpar: (⇒ conjugar)
culpa es:: 3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente indicativo; 2ª persona singular (tú) imperativo
culpá es:: 2ª persona singular (vos) imperativo

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Principal Translations
Spanish		English
culpa nf	(imputación, responsabilidad)	fault n
		blame n
	No ha sido culpa mía.
	It wasn't my fault.
culpa nf	(sentimiento de responsabilidad)	guilt n
	Tengo que ofrecerte disculpas por mi comportamiento porque la culpa no me deja dormir.
	I have to apologize for my behavior because guilt keeps me awake at night.
culpa nf	(Derecho: delito) (UK)	offence n
	(US)	offense n
	El acusado tendrá que pagar su culpa con la cárcel.
	ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. They let him off because it was his first offence.

Additional Translations
Spanish		English
culpa nf	(Religión: pecado)	sin n
	En el ritual de la confesión se impone una penitencia proporcional a la gravedad de la culpa.
	In the ritual of confession the penance imposed is in proportion to the seriousness of the sin.

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
culpar⇒ vtr	(acusar, atribuir culpa)	blame⇒ vtr
	Cuando la empresa quebró, todos intentaron culpar a la directora.
	When the company went bankrupt, everybody tried to blame the director.
culpar a alguien de algo, culpar a alguien por algo vtr + prep	(acusar de algo)	blame [sb] for [sth] v expr
		blame [sth] on [sb] v expr
	María culpó a su hermana del robo de las galletitas.
	Maria blamed her sister for stealing the cookies.
culparse⇒ v prnl	(atribuirse la culpa)	blame yourself vtr + refl
	No te culpes si no logras aprobar el examen: sé que te has esforzado mucho.
	Don't blame yourself if you don't manage to pass the exam:I know you've worked hard at it.
culparse de algo, culparse por algo v prnl + prep	(atribuirse la culpa de algo)	blame yourself for [sth] v expr
	Jaime se culpaba por el fracaso del proyecto.
	Jaime blamed himself for the failure of the project.

Compound Forms: culpa \| ~~culpar~~
Spanish		English
echarle la culpa a, echarle las culpas a loc verb + prep	coloquial (culpar)	blame⇒ vtr
		put the blame on v expr
	El vigilante se quedó dormido y le echaron la culpa del robo.
	No le eches las culpas a tu hermano; sé que tú rompiste el jarrón.
	The watchman had fallen asleep, and he was blamed for the robbery.
	Don't put the blame on your brother; I know you broke the jar.
mea culpa nf	(admitimos la culpa)	my fault expr
	(informal)	my bad expr
		mea culpa n
Note: Latín: culpa mía
	Ya sé que las flores se han secado; mea culpa, se me olvidó regar.
	I already know that the flowers dried out; my fault, I forgot to water them.
por su culpa loc adv	(por su causa)	it's his fault, it's her fault v expr
		because of [sb] expr
	Juan está castigado y por su culpa su hermano tuvo que quedarse en casa.
	Juan is being punished and it's his fault his brother had to stay at home.
	Juan is being punished and because of him his brother had to stay at home.
por tu culpa loc adv	(achacable a ti)	it is your fault v expr
		because of you expr
	¡Hemos fracasado por tu culpa!
	We have failed. It is your fault!
	We have failed because of you!
sentimiento de culpa grupo nom	(sensación de culpabilidad)	guilty feeling n
		feeling of guilt n
		sense of guilt n
ser culpa de alguien loc verb	(haber un culpable)	be [sb]'s fault v expr
	Es culpa de Pedro que no haya más café.
	It's Pedro's fault that there's no more coffee.

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