# culpar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin culpāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [kulˈpa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kulˈpaɾ]

### Verb

culpar (first-person singular present culpo, first-person singular preterite culpí, past participle culpat)
* (transitive) to blame

#### Related terms

* culpa
* culpable
* disculpar

#### 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: [kulˈpaɾ]

### Verb

culpar (first-person singular present culpo, first-person singular preterite culpei, past participle culpado)
* to blame
    Antonym: desculpar
* to charge
    Synonyms: acusar, inculpar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “culpar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “culpar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “culpar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “culpar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “culpar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese culpar, probably borrowed from Latin culpāre (“to blame”). By surface analysis, culpa +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /kuwˈpa(ɾ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kuwˈpa(ɻ)/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kulˈpaɾ/ [kuɫˈpaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kulˈpaɾ/ [kuɫˈpaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /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

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* culpa
* culpabilidade
* culpado
* culpável
* culposo
* desculpa
* desculpar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin culpāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* culpa
* culpabilidad
* culpabilizar
* culpable
* disculpar
* exculpar

#### References

* Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “culpa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 288

#### Further reading

* “culpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10