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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesculpa
Pronunciation / Transliteration: culpa
"A culpa não é minha."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Responsibility for a fault or wrong.
"They laid the blame on the new management."
- 1
Assign responsibility for a fault or wrong.
"Don't blame me for the mistake."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French verb 'blâmer', originating from Vulgar Latin 'blasphemare' (to speak evil of, blaspheme), which comes from Ancient Greek 'blasphemein'. Over centuries in Middle English, the term shifted from denoting religious profanity or defamation to its modern primary sense of assigning responsibility for a fault or wrong.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Blame" is said worldwide
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faute
Transliteration: faute
"Ce n'est pas ma faute."
Schuld
Transliteration: Schuld
"Das ist nicht meine Schuld."
colpa
Transliteration: colpa
"Non è colpa mia."
culpa
Transliteration: culpa
"No es mi culpa."
culpa
Transliteration: culpa
"A culpa não é minha."
दोष
Transliteration: dosh
"इसमें मेरी कोई गलती नहीं है।"
责备
Transliteration: zé bèi
"这不怪我。"
비난
Transliteration: binan
"제 탓이 아닙니다."
非難
Transliteration: hinan
"私のせいではありません。"
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