culpa

∗ ≈

fault

∗ noun

culpa
feminine noun
1(responsabilidad)
  • un sentimiento de culpa -> a feeling of guilt
  • echar la culpa a alguien (de) -> to blame somebody (for)
  • por culpa de -> because of
  • tener la culpa de algo -> to be to blame for something
  • ¿qué culpa tengo yo de que te hayas caído? -> it's hardly my fault you fell over, is it?
  • yo no tengo la culpa de que seas tan distraído (informal) -> it's not my fault you're so absent-minded
2(religion)
  • culpas -> sins

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culpa [cool'-pah]
noun
1Fault, offence, slight crime, failure, guilt. (f)
  • Por culpa de -> through the fault of
  • Echar la culpa a uno -> to blame somebody
  • Nadie tiene la culpa -> nobody is to blame
  • La culpa fue de los frenos -> the brakes were to blame
  • Pagar las culpas ajenas -> to pay for somebody else’s sins

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culpa
sustantivo:femenino
1 (responsabilidad) fault; blame
es culpa suya it's his fault; he's to blame; la culpa fue de los frenos the brakes were to blame; no le alcanza culpa (formal) no blame attaches to him; he is blameless
cargar con la culpa a algncargar to pin put the blame on sb;o
echar la culpa a algn de algoechar to blame sb for sth
siempre me echan la culpa a mí they're always blaming me saying it's my fault;o
por culpa del mal tiempopor because of the bad weather
tener la culpa de algotener to be to blame for sth
nadie tiene la culpa nobody is to blame; it's nobody's fault; tú tienes la culpa you're to blame; it's your fault
2 (Jur) guilt
3 (pecado) sin
pagar las culpas ajenas to pay for somebody else's sins

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