culpa

See also culpă

English

Etymology

Latin

Noun

culpa

1. (law) negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin culpa.

Noun

culpa f (plural culpes)

1. fault, blame
2. guilt

Derived terms

• culpar
• per culpa de

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkul.pa/

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Noun

culpa (genitive culpae); f, first declension

1. fault

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	culpa	culpae
genitive	culpae	culpārum
dative	culpae	culpīs
accusative	culpam	culpās
ablative	culpā	culpīs
vocative	culpa	culpae

Descendants

English: mea culpa French: mea-culpa, mea culpa Italian: colpa Old Portuguese: culpa

Portuguese: culpa Romanian: culpă Sicilian: curpa Spanish: culpa

Verb

culpā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of culpō

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin culpa

Noun

culpa f (plural culpas)

1. fault

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin culpa

Noun

culpa f (plural culpas)

1. fault
2. guilt

Derived terms

• culposo, culposa

Related terms

• culpar
• culpable

Verb

culpa (infinitive culpar)

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