We are liable for the damage.
Source: tatoeba (23178)
Liable
//ˈlaɪ̯əbəl//
Synonyms for "liable" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
3 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 17 languages.
Bashkir
1 entries- яуаплы adj (legally responsible)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отговорен adj (legally responsible)
- подлежащ adj (subject; susceptible)
Catalan
2 entries- responsable adj (legally responsible)
- subjecte adj (exposed to a certain contingency)
Dutch
2 entries- aansprakelijk adj (legally responsible)
- verantwoordelijk adj (legally responsible)
French
3 entries- responsable adj (legally responsible)
- sujet adj (subject; susceptible)
- susceptible adj (subject; susceptible)
German
4 entries- fehlbar adj (legally responsible)
- haftbar adj (legally responsible)
- haftend adj (legally responsible)
- haftpflichtig adj (legally responsible)
Hungarian
1 entries- felelős adj (legally responsible)
Icelandic
1 entries- skaðabótaskyldur adj (legally responsible)
Irish
2 entries- faoi dhliteanas adj (legally responsible)
- freagrach adj (legally responsible)
Italian
4 entries- passibile adj (subject; susceptible)
- punibile adj (subject; susceptible)
- responsabile adj (legally responsible)
- soggetto adj (subject; susceptible)
Latin
1 entries- obnoxius adj (legally responsible)
Māori
2 entries- eke adj (legally responsible)
- eke adj (subject; susceptible)
Portuguese
2 entries- passível adj (exposed to a certain contingency)
- responsável adj (legally responsible)
Romanian
3 entries- pasibil adj (exposed to a certain contingency)
- responsabil adj (legally responsible)
- răspunzător adj (legally responsible)
Russian
4 entries- обя́занный adj (legally responsible)
- отве́тственный adj (legally responsible)
- подверженный adj (exposed to a certain contingency)
- скло́нный adj (exposed to a certain contingency)
Spanish
4 entries- proclive adj (subject; susceptible)
- propenso adj (subject; susceptible)
- responsabilizable adj (legally responsible)
- responsabilizado adj (legally responsible)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відповід́альний adj (legally responsible)
- зобов'я́заний adj (legally responsible)
- схи́льний adj (exposed to a certain contingency)
- яки́й підляга́є adj (exposed to a certain contingency)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
We are liable to err.
Source: tatoeba (28800)
In a similar situation, the company was held liable.
Source: tatoeba (29939)
The man is liable to the death penalty.
Source: tatoeba (45312)
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