culpável
Portuguese, adjective/kuwˈpa.vew/
culpável is spelled C-U-L-P-Á-V-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 113,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Culpável is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “culpable, blameworthy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem culpa; responsável por um erro, falta ou crime”.
What does culpável mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineculpable, blameworthy
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem culpa; responsável por um erro, falta ou crime 2. digno de censura ou reprovação
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of culpável
- culpáveis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce culpável?
- Brazil /kuwˈpa.vew/
- Brazil [kuʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯]
- Portugal /kulˈpa.vɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to culpável
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is culpável in Portuguese?
culpável appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).