culpa dele

his fault

→ culpa
phrase Rare #22,897
his fault Used to say that a male person is responsible for something bad or undesirable. With a female person, use “culpa dela.”
PO: A briga foi culpa dele.
EN: The fight was his fault.

Ele morreu por culpa dele.

He died because of his own fault.

— Carandiru (2003)

Papai, não é culpa dele.

Dad, it's not his fault.

— “O Morro dos Ventos Uivantes” (2026)

Foi culpa dele.

It was his fault.

Direi que é tudo culpa dele então, ele ficará triste e dirá que a culpa é minha.

Then I’ll say it’s all his fault; he’ll be upset and say it’s mine.

— Morangos Silvestres (1957)

Não é culpa dele.

It's not his fault.

— O Fabuloso Destino de Amélie Poulain (2001)

É tudo culpa dele!

It's all his fault!

— Férias de Amor (1955)

Talvez seja tudo culpa dele.

Maybe it’s all his fault.

— [REC] (2007)

Ele me convenceu de que não era culpa dele.

He convinced me that it wasn't his fault.

Nunca é culpa dele.

It's never his fault.

— Senna (2010)

E Ne Zha ter fugido da última vez foi culpa dele.

And Ne Zha running away last time was his fault.

— Ne Zha (2019)

Suponho que tenha sido culpa dele.

I suppose it was his fault.

— Chicago (2002)

Nada disto é culpa dele.

None of this is his fault.

— Akira (1988)

Bem, não posso dizer que é culpa dele.

Well, I can't say it's his fault.

— Rebecca, A Mulher Inesquecível (1940)