Polyglot Dictionary

disculpa

/disˈkulpa/

la noun B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
las disculpas

Meaning

  1. apology

    • Te debo una disculpa.

      I owe you an apology.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

apología

False-friend warning: Spanish apología means "defence, justification" (like defending an idea), not "sorry" like the English word "apology"; disculpa is the word for a real apology.

Practice

1 What does disculpa mean?

2 Fill the gap: Te debo una ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches disculpa?

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