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1 a bad or poor workman always blames his tools
English-spanish dictionary > a bad or poor workman always blames his tools
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2 A bad workman always blames his tools
English-Spanish proverbs dictionary > A bad workman always blames his tools
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3 workman
noun (a man who does manual work: the workmen on a building site.) obrero; obreraworkman n obrerotr['wɜːkmən]1) workingman2) artisan: artesano mn.• trabajador, -ora s.m.,f.n.(§ pl.: workmen) = obrero s.m.• operario s.m.'wɜːrkmən, 'wɜːkmən['wɜːkmǝn]N (pl workmen) obrero mto be a good workman — ser buen trabajador, trabajar bien
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4 blame
bleim
1. verb1) (to consider someone or something responsible for something bad: I blame the wet road for the accident.) culpar, responsabilizar, echar la culpa2) (to find fault with (a person): I don't blame you for wanting to leave.) reprochar (algo a alguien)
2. noun(the responsibility (for something bad): He takes the blame for everything that goes wrong.) culpa, responsabilidadblame1 n culpablame2 vb culpar / echar la culpa adon't blame me! ¡no me eches la culpa a mí!to be to blame for something tener la culpa de algo / ser responsable de algowho is to blame for the fire? ¿quién tiene la culpa del incendio?tr[bleɪm]1 culpa1 culpar, echar la culpa a\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto be to blame tener la culpa■ I'm to blame soy el culpable, tengo la culpa, las culpa es míato put the blame on echar la culpa a, inculpar ato blame oneself reprocharseyou've only got yourself to blame tú te lo has buscadoI don't blame you no me extraña■ I didn't want to go. --I don't blame you no quise ir. --No me extrañablame n: culpa fn.• culpa s.f.• ladrido s.m.• reproche s.m.v.• acusar v.• colgar* v.• culpar v.• desechar v.• inculpar v.
I bleɪma) echarle la culpa a, culpardon't blame me — no me eches la culpa a mí or no me culpes a mí
to blame somebody for something — culpar a alguien de algo, echarle la culpa de algo a alguien
to be to blame for something — tener* la culpa de algo
no one's to blame — no es culpa de nadie, nadie tiene la culpa
to blame something on somebody/something — echarle la culpa de algo a alguien/algo
b) (disagree with, criticize) (colloq)I'm not having any more to do with him - I don't blame you — no quiero saber nada más de él - y con toda la razón
you can't blame me for getting upset — es normal que me molestara ¿no?
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mass nouna) ( responsibility) culpa fto put o lay the blame on somebody — culpar a alguien, echarle la culpa a alguien
b) ( reproach) (frml)[bleɪm]without blame — libre de culpa (frml)
1.N culpa fto bear or take the blame — asumir la culpa
to lay or put the blame (for sth) on sb — echar a algn la culpa (de algo)
2. VT1) (=hold responsible) culpar, echar la culpa ato blame sb (for sth) — echar a algn la culpa (de algo), culpar a algn (de algo)
who's to blame? — ¿quién tiene la culpa?
2) (=reproach) censurarand I don't blame him — y con toda la razón, y lo comprendo perfectamente
3.CPDblame culture N — cultura f de la culpa
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I [bleɪm]a) echarle la culpa a, culpardon't blame me — no me eches la culpa a mí or no me culpes a mí
to blame somebody for something — culpar a alguien de algo, echarle la culpa de algo a alguien
to be to blame for something — tener* la culpa de algo
no one's to blame — no es culpa de nadie, nadie tiene la culpa
to blame something on somebody/something — echarle la culpa de algo a alguien/algo
b) (disagree with, criticize) (colloq)I'm not having any more to do with him - I don't blame you — no quiero saber nada más de él - y con toda la razón
you can't blame me for getting upset — es normal que me molestara ¿no?
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mass nouna) ( responsibility) culpa fto put o lay the blame on somebody — culpar a alguien, echarle la culpa a alguien
b) ( reproach) (frml)without blame — libre de culpa (frml)
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5 responsabilizar
responsabilizar ( conjugate responsabilizar) verbo transitivo responsabilizar a algn DE algo to hold sb responsible o accountable for sth responsabilizarse verbo pronominal to take responsibility; responsabilizarse DE algo ‹de tarea/error/accidente› to take responsibility for sth; ‹ de atentado› to claim responsibility for sth; ‹ de delito› to admit responsibility for sth
responsabilizar verbo transitivo to hold responsible o liable [de, for]: me responsabiliza de su fracaso, he blames me for his failure ' responsabilizar' also found in these entries: Spanish: muerto English: liable - hold - responsible
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