mea culpa

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), from mea (“my, mine”) and culpa (“fault”) in the ablative

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmeɪ.əˌkʌl.pə/, /ˈmiː.əˈkʌl.pə/, /ˈmeɪ.əˌkʊl.pə/, X-SAMPA: /"meI.@%kVl.p@/, /"mi.@"kVl.p@/, /"meI.@"kUl.p@/

Phrase

mea culpa

1. My fault, due to my error; my bad.

Synonyms

• my bad
• peccavi

Translations

My fault, due to my error

• Catalan: mea culpa (ca) f
• Czech: moje chyba (cs), moje vina (cs)
• French: mea culpa (fr)
• Georgian: ჩემი ბრალია (ka) (č’emi bralia)
• German: mea culpa (de), meine Schuld (de)
• Greek: ήμαρτον (el) (ímarton)
• Hebrew: טעות שלי (he)

• Korean: 내 탓(이오) (nae-tas(-io), -tat-)
• Malayalam: എന്റെ പിഴ (ente pizha)
• Russian: моя вина (ru) (moja vina) (mojá viná)
• Serbo-Croatian: moja greška (sh)
• Spanish: culpa mía, mi culpa
• Turkish: benim hatam (tr)

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French

Etymology

From the Latin phrase meā culpā (“through my fault”), from mea (“my, mine”) and culpa (“fault”) in the ablative

Interjection

mea culpa

1. mea culpa

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Latin

Phrase

meā culpā

1. through my fault
   • Text of the Tridentine Mass:

     Confiteor Deo omnipotenti, beatæ Mariæ semper Virgini, beato Michaeli Archangelo, beato Ioanni Baptistæ, sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, omnibus Sanctis, et vobis, fratres: quia peccavi nimis cogitatione, verbo et opere: mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

     I confess to the Almighty God, to the blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles Peter and Paul, to all the Saints, and to you brethren, that I have sinned exceedingly, in thought, word, and deed: through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault.