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Se sabe que la intoxicación continúa por culpa de un restaurante sucio.
Meaning
It is known that the food poisoning continues because of a dirty restaurant.
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Breakdown of Se sabe que la intoxicación continúa por culpa de un restaurante sucio.
de
from / of
un
a, an (masculine)
el restaurante
the restaurant
sucio
dirty
Questions & Answers about Se sabe que la intoxicación continúa por culpa de un restaurante sucio.
Why use por culpa de here instead of debido a or a causa de?
Por culpa de translates to 'because of' but carries a strong sense of blame or fault (literally 'by fault of'). Since a dirty restaurant causing food poisoning is clearly a negative thing deserving blame, por culpa de is the most natural fit. Debido a and a causa de mean 'due to' but are more emotionally neutral.
Why is it por culpa de and not por culpa de que?
You use por culpa de when it is followed by a noun or noun phrase, like un restaurante sucio. You only add que when it introduces a clause with a conjugated verb, for example: por culpa de que el restaurante está sucio (because the restaurant is dirty).
Is intoxicación a false friend here?
Yes! In English, 'intoxication' usually implies being drunk or high. In Spanish, intoxicación refers to poisoning—most commonly food poisoning (intoxicación alimentaria), or poisoning from chemicals or smoke. If you want to talk about being drunk, you would use words like borrachera or embriaguez.
Why does the sentence start with se sabe que instead of saben que?