Usage examples of "tener culpa" in Spanish with translation to English

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No necesitas tener el pelo cortado para esta semana. You need not have a haircut this week.
Fue su propia culpa. It was his own fault.
Los mentirosos deben tener buena memoria. Liars must have a good memory.
No es mi culpa. It's not my fault.
Como no llueva pronto en Etiopía, el país podría tener graves problemas de sequía. Unless it rains in Ethiopia soon, there could be severe drought problems.
El jurado había dictado un veredicto de culpa. The jury has returned a verdict of guilty.
Deberías tener mucho cuidado al cruzar la calle. You should be very careful in crossing the road.
Él tiene la culpa del fracaso. He is to blame for the failure.
No cabe duda de que la verdad es más extraña que la ficción. La ficción tiene que tener sentido. It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Él culpa a la mala suerte de su fracaso. He blames his failure on bad luck.
El estrés puede tener un gran impacto negativo en tu salud. Stress can have an enormous negative impact on your health.
Era culpa suya. It was her fault.
Es mejor volverte senil mientras todavía seas joven, eso te ahorrará el tener que hacerlo luego. It's better to go senile while you're still young. It'll save you the trouble of having to do it later.
Tom no cree que la culpa fuera de Mary. Tom doesn't think it was Mary's fault.
Nada es más difícil que tener algo y después perderlo. Nothing is more difficult than having something and then losing it.
Tom no es la clase de persona que culpa a los otros por sus propios errores. Tom isn't the kind of person who blames others for his mistakes.
-Lo siento, -se disculpó Dima- acabo de tener una sensación extrañísima. "I'm sorry," Dima apologized. "I just had the strangest feeling."
Fue culpa suya. It was her fault.
Usted debe tener una licencia de conductor antes de conducir un auto. You must have a driver's license before you can drive a car.
No es tu culpa, es mía. It is not you but I that am to blame.
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