responsibility

responsibility
-sə-
- plural responsibilities - noun
1) (something which a person has to look after, do etc: He takes his responsibilities very seriously.) responsabilidad
2) (the state of having important duties: a position of responsibility.) responsabilidad
3) (the state of being responsible: his responsibility for the accident.) responsabilidad
responsibility n responsabilidad
El plural de responsibility se escribe responsibilities
responsibility
tr[rɪspɒnsɪ'bɪlɪtɪ]
noun
1 responsabilidad nombre femenino
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
to accept responsibility for responsabilizarse de
to claim responsibility for reivindicar
responsibility [ri.spɑntsə'bɪlət̬i] n, pl -ties : responsabilidad f
responsibility
n.
• carga s.f.
• cargo s.m.
• encargo s.m.
• responsabilidad s.f.
rɪ'spɑːnsə'bɪləti, rɪˌspɒnsə'bɪləti
noun (pl -ties)
a) c (task, duty) responsabilidad f

the child is my responsibility — el niño está bajo mi responsabilidad

it's his responsibility to order the stationery — él es el encargado de hacer los pedidos de papelería

b) u (authority, accountability) responsabilidad f

to take responsibility for something — responsabilizarse* or encargarse* or hacerse* cargo de algo

c) u (liability, blame) responsabilidad f

they took full responsibility for the disaster — aceptaron ser responsables del desastre

no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the killings — los asesinatos no han sido reivindicados por ningún grupo terrorista

[rɪsˌpɒnsǝ'bɪlɪtɪ]
N
1) (=liability) responsabilidad f

• he has accepted or admitted responsibility for the tragedy — ha aceptado ser responsable de la tragedia

• the group which claimed responsibility for the attack — el grupo que reivindicó el atentado

• joint responsibility — responsabilidad f conjunta

• to place or put the responsibility for sth on sb — hacer a algn responsable de algo, hacer que la responsabilidad de algo recaiga sobre algn

• shared responsibility — responsabilidad f compartida

• the company takes no responsibility for objects left here — la empresa no asume responsabilidad por los objetos que se dejen aquí, la empresa no se responsabiliza de los objetos que se dejen aquí

diminished
2) (=duty, obligation) responsabilidad f

that's his responsibility — eso es responsabilidad suya

she's not your responsibility — ella no es responsabilidad tuya, ella no está bajo tu responsabilidad

it's a big responsibility for him — supone una gran responsabilidad para él

it's my responsibility to lock up — cerrar es responsabilidad mía, yo soy el responsable de cerrar

• she didn't want to take on more responsibilities — no quería asumir más responsabilidades

• you have a responsibility to your family — tienes una responsabilidad con or hacia tu familia

3) (=authority, accountability) responsabilidad f

she wants a position with more responsibility — quiere un puesto de mayor responsabilidad

• to have responsibility for sth — ser responsable de algo

• to take on/take over (the) responsibility for sth — asumir la responsabilidad de algo, responsabilizarse de algo, hacerse responsable de algo

4) (=maturity) responsabilidad f

try to show some responsibility — a ver si somos más responsables

he has no sense of responsibility — no tiene ningún sentido de la responsabilidad

* * *
[rɪ'spɑːnsə'bɪləti, rɪˌspɒnsə'bɪləti]
noun (pl -ties)
a) c (task, duty) responsabilidad f

the child is my responsibility — el niño está bajo mi responsabilidad

it's his responsibility to order the stationery — él es el encargado de hacer los pedidos de papelería

b) u (authority, accountability) responsabilidad f

to take responsibility for something — responsabilizarse* or encargarse* or hacerse* cargo de algo

c) u (liability, blame) responsabilidad f

they took full responsibility for the disaster — aceptaron ser responsables del desastre

no terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the killings — los asesinatos no han sido reivindicados por ningún grupo terrorista


English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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