inculpar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inculpāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inculpar (first conjugation)

infinitive			inculpar
gerund			inculpant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inculpat		inculpada
		plural		inculpats		inculpades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inculpo	inculpes	inculpa	inculpem	inculpeu	inculpen
	imperfect	inculpava	inculpaves	inculpava	inculpàvem	inculpàveu	inculpaven
	future	inculparé	inculparàs	inculparà	inculparem	inculpareu	inculparan
	preterite	inculpí	inculpares	inculpà	inculpàrem	inculpàreu	inculparen
	conditional	inculparia	inculparies	inculparia	inculparíem	inculparíeu	inculparien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inculpi	inculpis	inculpi	inculpem	inculpeu	inculpin
	imperfect	inculpés	inculpessis	inculpés	inculpéssim	inculpéssiu	inculpessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inculpa	inculpi	inculpem	inculpeu	inculpin
	negative (no)	—	no inculpis	no inculpi	no inculpem	no inculpeu	no inculpin

Synonyms

• incriminar, acusar

Related terms

• inculpable
• inculpació
• inculpatori

Further reading

• “inculpar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin inculpāre.

Verb

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inculpar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inculpar
Personal	inculpar	inculpares	inculpar	inculparmos	inculpardes	inculparen
Gerund
	inculpando
Past participle
Masculine	inculpado			inculpados
Feminine	inculpada			inculpadas
Indicative
Present	inculpo	inculpas	inculpa	inculpamos	inculpades	inculpan
Imperfect	inculpaba	inculpabas	inculpaba	inculpabamos	inculpabades	inculpaban
Preterite	inculpei	inculpaches	inculpou	inculpamos	inculpastes	inculparon
Pluperfect	inculpara	inculparas	inculpara	inculparamos	inculparades	inculparan
Future	inculparei	inculparás	inculpará	inculparemos	inculparedes	inculparán
Conditional	inculparía	inculparías	inculparía	inculpariamos	inculpariades	inculparían
Subjunctive
Present	inculpe	inculpes	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpedes	inculpen
Imperfect	inculpase	inculpases	inculpase	inculpásemos	inculpásedes	inculpasen
Future	inculpar	inculpares	inculpar	inculparmos	inculpardes	inculparen
Imperative
Affirmative		inculpa	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpade	inculpen
Negative (non)		non inculpes	non inculpe	non inculpemos	non inculpedes	non inculpen

    Reintegrated conjugation of inculpar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inculpar
Personal	inculpar	inculpares	inculpar	inculparmos	inculpardes	inculparem
Gerund
	inculpando
Past participle
Masculine	inculpado			inculpados
Feminine	inculpada			inculpadas
Indicative
Present	inculpo	inculpas	inculpa	inculpamos	inculpades, inculpais	inculpam
Imperfect	inculpava	inculpavas	inculpava	inculpávamos	inculpávades, inculpáveis, inculpávais1	inculpavam
Preterite	inculpei	inculpaste, inculpache1	inculpou	inculpamos	inculpastes	inculpárom, inculparam
Pluperfect	inculpara	inculparas	inculpara	inculpáramos	inculpárades, inculpáreis, inculpárais1	inculparam
Future	inculparei	inculparás	inculpará	inculparemos	inculparedes, inculpareis	inculparám, inculparão
Conditional	inculparia	inculparias	inculparia	inculparíamos	inculparíades, inculparíeis, inculparíais1	inculpariam
Subjunctive
Present	inculpe	inculpes	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpedes, inculpeis	inculpem
Imperfect	inculpasse	inculpasses	inculpasse	inculpássemos	inculpássedes, inculpásseis	inculpassem
Future	inculpar	inculpares	inculpar	inculparmos	inculpardes	inculparem
Imperative
Affirmative		inculpa	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpade, inculpai	inculpem
Negative (nom)		nom inculpes	nom inculpe	nom inculpemos	nom inculpedes, nom inculpeis	nom inculpem

¹Less recommended.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inculpāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kuʊ̯ˈpa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kuʊ̯ˈpa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuwˈpa(ɾ)/ [ĩ.kuʊ̯ˈpa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuwˈpa(ʁ)/ [ĩ.kuʊ̯ˈpa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuwˈpa(ɻ)/ [ĩ.kuʊ̯ˈpa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kulˈpaɾ/ [ĩ.kuɫˈpaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kulˈpaɾ/ [ĩ.kuɫˈpaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kulˈpa.ɾi/ [ĩ.kuɫˈpa.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: in‧cul‧par

Verb

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

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Conjugation

    Conjugation of inculpar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	inculpar
Personal	inculpar	inculpares	inculpar	inculparmos	inculpardes	inculparem
Gerund
	inculpando
Past participle
Masculine	inculpado			inculpados
Feminine	inculpada			inculpadas
Indicative
Present	inculpo	inculpas	inculpa	inculpamos	inculpais	inculpam
Imperfect	inculpava	inculpavas	inculpava	inculpávamos	inculpáveis	inculpavam
Preterite	inculpei	inculpaste	inculpou	inculpamos1, inculpámos2	inculpastes	inculparam
Pluperfect	inculpara	inculparas	inculpara	inculpáramos	inculpáreis	inculparam
Future	inculparei	inculparás	inculpará	inculparemos	inculpareis	inculparão
Conditional	inculparia	inculparias	inculparia	inculparíamos	inculparíeis	inculpariam
Subjunctive
Present	inculpe	inculpes	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpeis	inculpem
Imperfect	inculpasse	inculpasses	inculpasse	inculpássemos	inculpásseis	inculpassem
Future	inculpar	inculpares	inculpar	inculparmos	inculpardes	inculparem
Imperative
Affirmative		inculpa	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpai	inculpem
Negative (não)		não inculpes	não inculpe	não inculpemos	não inculpeis	não inculpem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin inculpāre.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inculpar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inculpar
gerund			inculpando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inculpado		inculpada
		plural		inculpados		inculpadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inculpo	inculpastú inculpásvos	inculpa	inculpamos	inculpáis	inculpan
	imperfect	inculpaba	inculpabas	inculpaba	inculpábamos	inculpabais	inculpaban
	preterite	inculpé	inculpaste	inculpó	inculpamos	inculpasteis	inculparon
	future	inculparé	inculparás	inculpará	inculparemos	inculparéis	inculparán
	conditional	inculparía	inculparías	inculparía	inculparíamos	inculparíais	inculparían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inculpe	inculpestú inculpésvos2	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpéis	inculpen
	imperfect (ra)	inculpara	inculparas	inculpara	inculpáramos	inculparais	inculparan
	imperfect (se)	inculpase	inculpases	inculpase	inculpásemos	inculpaseis	inculpasen
	future1	inculpare	inculpares	inculpare	inculpáremos	inculpareis	inculparen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inculpatú inculpávos	inculpe	inculpemos	inculpad	inculpen
	negative		no inculpes	no inculpe	no inculpemos	no inculpéis	no inculpen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of inculpar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive inculpar
	dative	inculparme	inculparte	inculparle, inculparse	inculparnos	inculparos	inculparles, inculparse
	accusative	inculparme	inculparte	inculparlo, inculparla, inculparse	inculparnos	inculparos	inculparlos, inculparlas, inculparse
with gerund inculpando
	dative	inculpándome	inculpándote	inculpándole, inculpándose	inculpándonos	inculpándoos	inculpándoles, inculpándose
	accusative	inculpándome	inculpándote	inculpándolo, inculpándola, inculpándose	inculpándonos	inculpándoos	inculpándolos, inculpándolas, inculpándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative inculpa
	dative	incúlpame	incúlpate	incúlpale	incúlpanos	not used	incúlpales
	accusative	incúlpame	incúlpate	incúlpalo, incúlpala	incúlpanos	not used	incúlpalos, incúlpalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative inculpá
	dative	inculpame	inculpate	inculpale	inculpanos	not used	inculpales
	accusative	inculpame	inculpate	inculpalo, inculpala	inculpanos	not used	inculpalos, inculpalas
with formal second-person singular imperative inculpe
	dative	incúlpeme	not used	incúlpele, incúlpese	incúlpenos	not used	incúlpeles
	accusative	incúlpeme	not used	incúlpelo, incúlpela, incúlpese	incúlpenos	not used	incúlpelos, incúlpelas
with first-person plural imperative inculpemos
	dative	not used	inculpémoste	inculpémosle	inculpémonos	inculpémoos	inculpémosles
	accusative	not used	inculpémoste	inculpémoslo, inculpémosla	inculpémonos	inculpémoos	inculpémoslos, inculpémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inculpad
	dative	inculpadme	not used	inculpadle	inculpadnos	inculpaos	inculpadles
	accusative	inculpadme	not used	inculpadlo, inculpadla	inculpadnos	inculpaos	inculpadlos, inculpadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inculpen
	dative	incúlpenme	not used	incúlpenle	incúlpennos	not used	incúlpenles, incúlpense
	accusative	incúlpenme	not used	incúlpenlo, incúlpenla	incúlpennos	not used	incúlpenlos, incúlpenlas, incúlpense

Further reading

• “inculpar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28