culpa

blame, fault

Noun culpa f (plural culpas)

Verb culpa

Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of culpar.
Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of culpar.
Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted) present indicative form of culpar.

Examples

Esto es tu culpa.

This is your fault.

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Eso no es mi culpa.

That's not my fault.

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El marido de Mary no la culpa de sus problemas.

Mary's husband doesn't blame her for his problems.

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Por mi culpa vais a tener problemas.

You're going to be in trouble and it's my fault.

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En un autobús a tope me daría rabia perder mi parada por culpa de otros pasajeros.

In a packed bus, it would infuriate me to miss my stop on account of other passengers.

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¡La culpa no es tuya, es de Alison!

It's not your fault, it's Alison's.

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El accidente es culpa suya.

He is to blame for the accident.

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¿Crees que es culpa mía?

Do you think I'm to blame?

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Él replicó que era todo mi culpa.

He retorted that it was all my fault.

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Sé que la culpa es mía.

I do know this is my own fault.

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