inculpar

Borrowed from Late Latin inculpāre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [iŋ.kulˈpa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [iŋ.kulˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

inculpar (first-person singular present inculpo, first-person singular preterite inculpí, past participle inculpat)

1. (transitive) to accuse, to blame (de for)
2. (transitive, law) to charge

• incriminar, acusar

• inculpable
• inculpació
• inculpatori

• “inculpar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

From Late Latin inculpāre.

inculpar (first-person singular present inculpo, first-person singular preterite inculpei, past participle inculpado)

1. (transitive) to accuse
2. (transitive) to incriminate
3. (pronominal) to incriminate oneself, to confess

Borrowed from Late Latin inculpāre.

• Hyphenation: in‧cul‧par

inculpar (first-person singular present inculpo, first-person singular preterite inculpei, past participle inculpado)

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Borrowed from Late Latin inculpāre.

• IPA^(key): /inkulˈpaɾ/ [ĩŋ.kulˈpaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: in‧cul‧par

inculpar (first-person singular present inculpo, first-person singular preterite inculpé, past participle inculpado)

1. (transitive) to accuse

   Synonym: acusar

   inculparle a alguien por un crimen

   accuse someone of a crime

   • 1904, Benito Pérez Galdós, O'Donnell:

     Tronaba también contra el Gobierno, inculpándole por la prisa con que le trajo a Madrid, y le metió en fuego sin darle ni aun horas de descanso.

     He was also storming against the Government, accusing them of having hurried him to Madrid, and they threw him into the fire without even giving him any rest time.

   • 2020, Tomás Pérez Gaya, Gradiel: El curioso vaivén del espantapájaros:

     Y tanto es así que, aunque se está al corriente con certeza de que él ha cometido algunos crímenes, nadie puede inculparle por falta de pruebas.

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2. (transitive) to incriminate
3. (pronominal) to incriminate oneself, to confess

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