culpar
to blame
To hold someone responsible for something bad that happened
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
culpable
deserving blame
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-ar
verb suffix
Culpar means to blame and turns the English word culpable0 (deserving blame0) into a verb1.
culpar
to blame
To say or consider that someone is responsible for something bad that happened.
- No me culpes a mí, fue un accidente = Don't blame me, it was an accident
- Todos culparon al conductor por el choque = Everyone blamed the driver for the crash
culparse
to blame oneself, to feel guilty
When you blame yourself, you turn the accusation inward using the reflexive form.
- Deja de culparte, no podías hacer nada = Stop blaming yourself, there was nothing you could do
- Se culpó por no haber llegado a tiempo = She felt guilty for not having arrived on time