culpar
Catalan
Verb
culpar (first-person singular present culpo, first-person singular preterite culpí, past participle culpat)
- (transitive) to blame
Conjugation
infinitive | culpar | ||||||
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gerund | culpant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | culpat | culpada | |||||
plural | culpats | culpades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | culpo | culpes | culpa | culpem | culpeu | culpen | |
imperfect | culpava | culpaves | culpava | culpàvem | culpàveu | culpaven | |
future | culparé | culparàs | culparà | culparem | culpareu | culparan | |
preterite | culpí | culpares | culpà | culpàrem | culpàreu | culparen | |
conditional | culparia | culparies | culparia | culparíem | culparíeu | culparien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | culpi | culpis | culpi | culpem | culpeu | culpin | |
imperfect | culpés | culpessis | culpés | culpéssim | culpéssiu | culpessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | culpa | culpi | culpem | culpeu | culpin | |
negative (no) | — | no culpis | no culpi | no culpem | no culpeu | no culpin |
References
- “culpar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Further reading
- “culpar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese culpar, probably borrowed from Latin culpāre (“blame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kulˈpaɾ]
Verb
culpar (first-person singular present culpo, first-person singular preterite culpei, past participle culpado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
References
- “culpar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “culpar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “culpar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “culpar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
- “culpar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese culpar, probably borrowed from Latin culpāre (“to blame”). By surface analysis, culpa + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /kuwˈpa(ɾ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuwˈpa(ɻ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kulˈpaɾ/ [kuɫˈpaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kulˈpa.ɾi/ [kuɫˈpa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: cul‧par
Verb
culpar (first-person singular present culpo, first-person singular preterite culpei, past participle culpado)
- to blame
- Synonyms: acusar, incriminar
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kulˈpaɾ/ [kulˈpaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: cul‧par
Verb
culpar (first-person singular present culpo, first-person singular preterite culpé, past participle culpado)
- to blame
- Synonyms: culpabilizar, inculpar
Conjugation
infinitive | culpar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | culpando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | culpado | culpada | |||||
plural | culpados | culpadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | culpo | culpastú culpásvos |
culpa | culpamos | culpáis | culpan | |
imperfect | culpaba | culpabas | culpaba | culpábamos | culpabais | culpaban | |
preterite | culpé | culpaste | culpó | culpamos | culpasteis | culparon | |
future | culparé | culparás | culpará | culparemos | culparéis | culparán | |
conditional | culparía | culparías | culparía | culparíamos | culparíais | culparían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | culpe | culpestú culpésvos2 |
culpe | culpemos | culpéis | culpen | |
imperfect (ra) |
culpara | culparas | culpara | culpáramos | culparais | culparan | |
imperfect (se) |
culpase | culpases | culpase | culpásemos | culpaseis | culpasen | |
future1 | culpare | culpares | culpare | culpáremos | culpareis | culparen | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | culpatú culpávos |
culpe | culpemos | culpad | culpen | ||
negative | no culpes | no culpe | no culpemos | no culpéis | no culpen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive culpar | |||||||
dative | culparme | culparte | culparle, culparse | culparnos | culparos | culparles, culparse | |
accusative | culparme | culparte | culparlo, culparla, culparse | culparnos | culparos | culparlos, culparlas, culparse | |
with gerund culpando | |||||||
dative | culpándome | culpándote | culpándole, culpándose | culpándonos | culpándoos | culpándoles, culpándose | |
accusative | culpándome | culpándote | culpándolo, culpándola, culpándose | culpándonos | culpándoos | culpándolos, culpándolas, culpándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative culpa | |||||||
dative | cúlpame | cúlpate | cúlpale | cúlpanos | not used | cúlpales | |
accusative | cúlpame | cúlpate | cúlpalo, cúlpala | cúlpanos | not used | cúlpalos, cúlpalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative culpá | |||||||
dative | culpame | culpate | culpale | culpanos | not used | culpales | |
accusative | culpame | culpate | culpalo, culpala | culpanos | not used | culpalos, culpalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative culpe | |||||||
dative | cúlpeme | not used | cúlpele, cúlpese | cúlpenos | not used | cúlpeles | |
accusative | cúlpeme | not used | cúlpelo, cúlpela, cúlpese | cúlpenos | not used | cúlpelos, cúlpelas | |
with first-person plural imperative culpemos | |||||||
dative | not used | culpémoste | culpémosle | culpémonos | culpémoos | culpémosles | |
accusative | not used | culpémoste | culpémoslo, culpémosla | culpémonos | culpémoos | culpémoslos, culpémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative culpad | |||||||
dative | culpadme | not used | culpadle | culpadnos | culpaos | culpadles | |
accusative | culpadme | not used | culpadlo, culpadla | culpadnos | culpaos | culpadlos, culpadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative culpen | |||||||
dative | cúlpenme | not used | cúlpenle | cúlpennos | not used | cúlpenles, cúlpense | |
accusative | cúlpenme | not used | cúlpenlo, cúlpenla | cúlpennos | not used | cúlpenlos, cúlpenlas, cúlpense |
Related terms
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “culpa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 288
Further reading
- “culpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014