culpable
Spanish, noun/kulˈpable/
culpable is spelled C-U-L-P-A-B-L-E (8 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,933rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culpable is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “culpable person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does culpable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineguilty, culpable
hacerle sentir culpable
- 2
femininemasculineguilty (having a sense of guilt)
una conciencia culpable
noun
- 1
femininemasculineculpable person
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice de la persona de la cual se sabe que ha cometido una falta moral o legal. 2. Atenazado por sentimientos de culpa, fundados o no. 3. Por extensión, responsable de algún hecho negativo o aciago.
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 culpable
- culpables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culpable?
- /kulˈpable/
- [kulˈpa.β̞le]
- [kulˈpaβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culpable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culpable in Spanish?
culpable appears 28 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).