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Italian
Etymology
From colpa + -evole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kolˈpe.vo.le/
- Rhymes: -evole
- Hyphenation: col‧pé‧vo‧le
Adjective
colpevole (plural colpevoli, superlative colpevolissimo)
- (law) guilty
- Synonym: colpabile
Derived terms
Noun
colpevole m or f by sense (plural colpevoli)
- culprit
Further reading
- colpevole in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana