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ROBINDESBOIS March 06, 2018 04:24 PM

Culpable
 
How can we say ¿ Quién es el culpable de la situación?

Who's guilty of the situation?
Who's going to take the blame for ?
Who can we put the blame on?

Rusty March 06, 2018 05:07 PM

Your last two questions are good (add a prepositional object to the first of the two).

A good way to use 'guilty' is:
Who's guilty in this situation?

poli March 12, 2018 11:00 AM

Also this is very commonly used: Who is the guilty party?

pjt33 March 12, 2018 02:20 PM

All of those options sound overly literal to me. If you're looking for a more dynamic translation, I'd say Who is responsible for the situation?

ROBINDESBOIS March 13, 2018 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 173772)
All of those options sound overly literal to me. If you're looking for a more dynamic translation, I'd say Who is responsible for the situation?

thanks

poli March 13, 2018 11:45 AM

Who is responsible for this situation, is neutral. It can refer to a good situation or a bad situation. Who is the guilty party refers to a bad situation almost exclusively; the exception being if the person uses an extremely ironic tone.


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