Today’s Spanish word of the day is “culpar”.
It’s a verb meaning “to blame” or “to accuse”.
The word “culpar” comes from Latin culpare meaning “to blame”. Some English words from the same root include “culpable” and “culpability”.
“Culpar” is a regular verb, so it’s conjugated in the same way as other -ar verbs.
Example sentences
No puedes culparme por todo.
You can’t blame me for everything.
El jefe culpó a todos por el retraso.
The boss blamed everyone for the delay.
Se culpó por no haberlo hecho antes.
He/She blamed himself/herself for not doing it earlier.
Todos me culpan cuando algo sale mal.
Everyone blames me when something goes wrong.
Mi gato me culpa cuando llueve, como si yo controlara el clima desde el sofá.
My cat blames me when it rains, as if I controlled the weather from the couch.