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Etymology edit

From culpable +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /kulpabiliˈθaɾ/ [kul.pa.β̞i.liˈθaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /kulpabiliˈsaɾ/ [kul.pa.β̞i.liˈsaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cul‧pa‧bi‧li‧zar

Verb edit

culpabilizar (first-person singular present culpabilizo, first-person singular preterite culpabilicé, past participle culpabilizado)

  1. to blame
    Synonyms: culpar, inculpar
    • 2015 November 3, “Columna”, in El País[1]:
      Nos acerca el sentimiento de la víctima con una sangrienta sinceridad, hasta hacerte deglutir el infierno que aún deben de estar pasando tantos menores abusados por las figuras de autoridad y que arrastran un silencio que nos culpabiliza a todos.
      It brings us closer to the feeling of the victim with a bloodstained sincerity, to the point of making one swallow the hell that so many minors who are being abused by authority figures must still be going through, and whose silence blames all of us.

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