guilt

culpa, culpabilidad

Responsabilidad por haber hecho algo malo, o malestar que sientes al pensar que lo has hecho.

En inglés sencillo: Responsibility for doing something wrong, or the unhappy feeling that you have done something wrong.

• She felt guilt after telling the lie.
• The evidence proved his guilt.
• He admitted his guilt and asked for forgiveness.

Cómo se usa: guilt about something (She felt guilt about leaving her family.); guilt over something (His guilt over the accident kept him awake.)

Sinónimos: culpability, remorse

Antónimos: innocence

Expresiones frecuentes: feel guilt, prove someone's guilt, sense of guilt

hacer sentir culpable, culpabilizar

Hacer que alguien se sienta mal por sus actos, a menudo para conseguir que haga lo que quieres.

En inglés sencillo: To make someone feel bad about their actions, often to make them do what you want.

• Don't guilt me about taking a break.
• Her parents guilted her into visiting every weekend.
• He tried to guilt us into staying longer.

Cómo se usa: guilt someone into doing something (He guilted me into helping him move.); guilt someone about something (She guilted him about missing dinner.)

Sinónimos: guilt-trip

Expresiones frecuentes: guilt someone into, guilt someone about