Culpar

Culpar

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.

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.

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.

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