culpável

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin culpābilis. By surface analysis, culpar +‎ -ável.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kuwˈpa.vew/ [kuʊ̯ˈpa.veʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈpa.vɛl/ [kuɫˈpa.vɛɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈpa.vɛl/ [kuɫˈpa.vɛɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kulˈpa.bɛl/ [kuɫˈpa.βɛɫ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -avɛl
• Hyphenation: cul‧pá‧vel

Adjective

culpável m or f (plural culpáveis)

1. culpable, blameworthy