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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