responsible

those responsible will be punished se castigará a los responsables; who is responsible if anything goes wrong? ¿quién es el responsable si algo sale mal?; to be responsible for sth: he is not responsible for his actions no es responsable de sus actos; who is responsible for this? ¿quién es el responsable de esto?; who was responsible for the delay? ¿quién tiene la culpa del retraso?; to hold sb responsible for sth hacer a algn responsable de algo; responsabilizar a algn de algo; to be responsible to sb (for sth) ser responsable ante algn (de algo)

I hold you personally responsible for all this

2 (in charge of)

to be responsible for sth/sb: the children were responsible for tidying their own rooms los niños tenían la responsabilidad or eran responsables de ordenar sus habitaciones; she is responsible for 40 children tiene a su cargo 40 niños; the secretary is responsible for taking the minutes la secretaria se hace cargo de levantar el acta

3 (sensible) [+person] serio; responsable; [+behaviour, attitude] responsable

to act in a responsible fashion obrar de forma responsable or con responsabilidad; that wasn't very responsible of you! ¡eso ha sido una falta de responsabilidad por tu parte!

it was not at all responsible of her to give him my phone number

4 (important) [+post, job] de responsabilidad

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Examples

Phrases

responsible for	responsable de
be responsible	ser responsable
I am responsible	soy responsable
parents are responsible for the safety of their children	los padres son responsables de la seguridad de sus hijos
you are responsible	eres responsable
he is responsible for	es responsable de
person responsible	personable responsable
be responsible for	sé responsable de ser responsable de