ellos culparon

they blamed

→ culpar
culp to blame + aron 3rd-person plural past tense
verb · third plural · past indicative Rare #39,363
they blamed Simple past (pretérito): third-person plural.
SP: Culparon al árbitro por la derrota.
EN: They blamed the referee for the loss.
Conjugation of culpar
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third culpó culparon

Le culparon por el accidente.

He was blamed for the accident.

Lo culparon de nepotismo.

He was accused of nepotism.

Culparon a Tom, a pesar de que no fue su culpa.

They blamed Tom, even though it wasn't his fault.

Culparon a Jorge del fracaso.

They blamed Jorge for the failure.

Culparon del accidente al conductor.

They blamed the driver for the accident.

Muchos americanos culparon a España.

Many Americans blamed Spain.