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
1. Fault, 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" in the Answers forum
Q: ¡Todo es tu culpa!
A: >in normal conversation, you'd say "culpa tuya", "culpa tuya gordo!" "es de ti, cabron!" or you could even say "la paja is tuya" (the b/s is yours) That's…
Q: ayo cacho que te echan la culpa de todo.
A: *culpa de todo te echan* This sentence is just *the other way round*, so to speak: te echan la culpa de todo This would be a more logical word order.
Q: Necesito ayuda para traducir una frase en la cancion "estoy pagando la culpa"
A: > James Santiago said: > Estar a mano means to be even. So "estamos los dos a mano" means "both of us are even," or in this context, probably "both of…
Q: what is "Yo cacho que te echan la culpa de todo" in english?
A: I posted this, but don't know where it went, here it goes again, i cannot say it any clearer: "cachar" in this context, is a typically Chilean saying…
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