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colpevole

guilty

adjective kohl-PEH-voh-leh Less Common

Origin: from colpa, 'fault, guilt', from Latin culpa

Also means

culprit

Usage Note

Colpevole means 'guilty' and, used as a noun, 'the culprit'. It ends in -e, so it does not change for gender: un uomo colpevole, una donna colpevole, only the plural shifts to colpevoli. Its opposite is innocente.

Examples

"La giuria lo ha dichiarato colpevole."

Natural Translation

The jury declared him guilty.

Literal Translation

The jury him has declared guilty.

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