Meanings (ES + gloss)
culpa
Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
I told them the pie was still too hot. If they burn their tongues, that's their fault.
No, don't blame yourself. It's my fault that we lost the game.
falta
A mistake or error.
It is a fault if the ball served drop in the net, or beyond the Service-Line, or if it drop out of Court, or in the wrong Court. A fault may not be taken. After a fault, the Server…
falla
A point at which something is divided, interrupted, or disconnected.
That might explain why the last three major earthquakes occurred not at San Andreas faults, where it would seem natural to expect them, but in both adjacent fault groups.
Phrases
Byzantine fault toleranceSan Andreas faulta fault confessed is half redressedactive faultarc faultat faultat-faultblind thrust faultdextral faultdouble faultdouble-faultdownfaultelectrical faultfault currentfault gougefault injectionfault linefault planefault scarpfault tolerancefault tracefault treefault-findfault-findingfault-freefault-linefault-pronefault-tolerantfaultfindfaultfinderfaultfindingfaultfulfaultlessfaultworthyfaultyfind faultfindfaultfoot faultfootfaultinterfault
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