Polyglot Dictionary

culpar

/kulˈpaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
culpo
preterite (yo)
culpé
past participle
culpado

Meaning

  1. to blame

    • No me culpes a mí.

      Don't blame me.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

inculpar

inculpar specifically means to formally accuse or incriminate someone, a legal term; culpar is more general, to blame someone for something.

Similar in other languages

French

blâmer

blâmer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to blame."

Portuguese

culpar

culpar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to blame."

Practice

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