blame

[US]/bleɪm/
[UK]/bleɪm/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kuona makosa; kuwajibisha
n. uajibaji kwa makosa au kosa; tendo la kumtusi
Word Forms
Past Tenseblamed
Third Person Singularblames
Past Participleblamed
Present Participleblaming
Pluralblames

Phrases & Collocations

shift the blame

sogeza hatia

blame game

mchezo wa hatia

take the blame

kumbana na hatia

blameless

bila hatia

share the blame

kusambaza hatia

deserve the blame

kupata hatia

place the blame

kuweka hatia

blame for

hatia kwa

bear the blame

kubeba hatia

Example Sentences

he was to blame for their deaths.

alikuwa na hatia kwa kifo chao.

They laid the blame on us.

Walitawani hatia kwetu.

divide the blame with sb.

gawanya hatia na mtu.

fix the blame on a person

weka hatia juu ya mtu.

No blame is imputable to him.

Hakuna hatia inayomlipi kwake.

affix blame to him.

weka hatia kwake.

they blame youth crime on unemployment.

wanamlaumu uhalifu wa vijana kwa ukosefu wa ajira.

it is futile to allocate blame for this.

ni bure kuweka hatia kwa hii.

shift the blame on to someone else

hamisha hatia kwa mtu mwingine.

I'm bound to blame him.

Nimezuiliwa kumlaumu.

exonerate sb. from blame

msamaha mtu kutoka hatia.

fastened the blame on the weather.

walifunga hatia kwenye hali ya hewa.

learning to place the blame where it belongs.

kijifunza kuweka hatia mahali kinapofaa.

they are trying to put the blame on us.

wanajaribu kuweka hatia kwetu.

you can't blame the wee fella.

huwezi kumlaumu kijana.

for this we can only blame ourselves.

kwa hii, tunaweza tu kujilaumu.

commentators put some of the blame on Congress.

wakosoaji wameweka hatia kwa Congress.

she's shifting the blame on to me.

yeye anahamisha hatia kwangu.

Real-world Examples

Don't blame me. Blame your pal, biology.

Usiniwalaumu mimi. Mwalafuni rafiki yako, sayansi ya akili.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 10

You can blame me. You can blame my father.

Unaweza kunilawiti. Unaweza kumwalafuni baba yangu.

Source: Loving Vincent: The Mystery of the Starry Night

When he lost, he shouldered the blame.

Alipokuwa akipoteza, alikubali dhima.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Some colony losses have been blamed on pesticides.

Hasara za koloni zingine zimetajwa kama matokeo ya kemikali za kilimo.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation December 2020

Agreed. You can hardly blame people for worrying, though.

Nadhani hivyo. Huwezi lawiti watu kwa kuwa na wasiwasi, ingawa.

Source: CET-6 Listening Past Exam Questions (with Translations)

An irresponsible person deserves to be blamed and punished.

Mtu asiyekuwa na ukomo anastahili kumwalitiwa na kumfungwa.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

And how 'bout you just take some blame?

Na vipi, je, ukubali dhima kidogo?

Source: Music live performance

They've remained silent. The government, however, is blaming them.

Wamebaki kimya. Hata hivyo, serikali inawawaliti.

Source: NPR News October 2017 Collection

But the government - they are obviously pinning the blame on them.

Lakini serikali - wanakataalamu dhima kwao.

Source: NPR News January 2020 Compilation

A) They shift the blame to others.

A) Wanahamisha dhima kwa wengine.

Source: Past English Level 4 Reading Exam Papers

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