culpa
Spanish, noun
culpa is spelled C-U-L-P-A (5 letters) and appears 105 times per million words in written Spanish, the 844th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culpa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “fault” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of culpar. With an accent, culpá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of culpar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Error cometido voluntariamente, por imprudencia o ignorancia”.
What does culpa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefault
- 2
feminineguilt
- 3
feminineblame
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of culpar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Error cometido voluntariamente, por imprudencia o ignorancia. 2. Responsabilidad que recae sobre un objeto, fuerza natural o persona por haber cometido una acción perjudicial o incorrecta o por haber sido el causante de ella. 3. Omisión de la conducta debida para prever y evitar el daño. 4. Sentimiendo de responsabilidad o remordimiento resultado de haber causado daño real o imaginario.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of culpa
- culpas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to culpa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culpa in Spanish?
culpa appears 105 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).