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Source: tatoeba (1904)
Responsible
//ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl//
Synonyms for "responsible" (80 found)
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2 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
13 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
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197 translations across 68 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përgjegjës adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὑπεύθυνος adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Arabic
3 entries- مَسْؤُول adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- مَسْئُول adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- مُلام adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
Armenian
4 entries- պատասխանատու adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- պատասխանատու adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- պատասխանատու adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- պատասխանատու adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
3 entries- ܡܸܫܬܲܐܠܵܢܵܐ adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ܡܸܫܬܲܠܵܢܬܵܐ adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ܡܸܬܓ݂ܝܼܒ݂ܵܢܵܐ adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- cavabdeh adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- məsul adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- sorğulu adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Bashkir
3 entries- яуаплы adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- яуаплы adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- яуаплы adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
Belarusian
2 entries- адка́зны adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- адпавяда́льны adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Bengali
2 entries- দায়ী adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- দায়ী adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Bulgarian
2 entries- отгово́рен adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- отговорен adj (able to be trusted)
Catalan
4 entries- responsable adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- responsable adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- responsable adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
- responsable adj (able to be trusted)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 有責任 /有责任 adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 有責任 /有责任 adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- 有責任感的 /有责任感的 adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- 負責任的 /负责任的 adj (able to be trusted)
Czech
2 entries- odpovědný adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- odpovědný noun (Translations)
Danish
4 entries- ansvarlig adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ansvarlig adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- ansvarlig adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
- ansvarsbevidst adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
Dutch
4 entries- aansprakelijk adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- betrouwbaar adj (able to be trusted)
- degelijk adj (able to be trusted)
- responsabel adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
Estonian
1 entries- vastutav adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Finnish
3 entries- vastuullinen adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- vastuussa adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- vastuussa adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
French
4 entries- responsable adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- responsable adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- responsable adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- responsable adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Galician
4 entries- responsable adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- responsable adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- responsable adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- responsable adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Georgian
1 entries- პასუხისმგებელი adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
German
4 entries- verantwortlich adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- verantwortlich adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
- verantwortungsvoll adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- vernünftig adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
Greek
1 entries- υπεύθυνος adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Hebrew
2 entries- אַחְרָאִי adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- אַחְרָאִי adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
Hindi
2 entries- उत्तरदायी adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ज़िम्मेदार adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Hungarian
4 entries- felelős adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- felelős adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- felelős adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- felelős adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Icelandic
1 entries- ábyrgur adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Indonesian
2 entries- bertanggung jawab adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- bertanggung jawab adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
Italian
4 entries- colpevole adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
- di responsabile adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- di responsabilità adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- responsabile adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Japanese
1 entries- 責任のある adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Kazakh
1 entries- жауапты adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Korean
1 entries- 책임 있는 adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- жооптуу adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Latvian
1 entries- atbildīgs adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Lithuanian
1 entries- atsakingas adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Macedonian
1 entries- одговорен adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Malay
2 entries- bertanggungjawab adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- bertanggungjawab adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
Mongolian
2 entries- хариуцлагатай adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ᠬᠠᠷᠢᠭᠤᠴᠠᠯᠭᠠᠲᠠᠢ adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Māori
4 entries- haepapa adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- haepapa adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- haepapa adj (able to be trusted)
- noho haepapa adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Norman
4 entries- responsabl'ye adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- responsabl'ye adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- responsabl'ye adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- responsabl'ye adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- berpirsyar adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- mesûl adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ansvarlig adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Occitan
1 entries- responsable adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Pashto
2 entries- ذمه دار adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- مسؤل adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Persian
3 entries- جوابدار adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ذمهدار adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- مسئول adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Polish
4 entries- odpowiedzialny adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- odpowiedzialny adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- odpowiedzialna noun (Translations)
- odpowiedzialny noun (Translations)
Portuguese
4 entries- responsável adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- responsável adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- responsável adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- responsável adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Romanian
4 entries- responsabil adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- responsabil adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- responsabil adj (able to be trusted)
- responsabilă adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
Russian
4 entries- отве́тственный adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- отве́тственный adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- отве́тственный adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- отве́тственный adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- an urra ri adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- cùramach adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- cùramach adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- odgovoran adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- ȍdgovōran adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- о̏дгово̄ран adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Sicilian
4 entries- curpàbbili adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
- di rispunzabbilità adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- rispunzàbbili adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- rispunzàbbili adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
Slovak
1 entries- zodpovedný adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Slovene
1 entries- odgovoren adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Spanish
4 entries- de responsabilidad (locution) adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- responsable adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- responsable adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- responsable adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Swedish
4 entries- ansvarig adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ansvarig adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
- ansvarsfull adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- ansvarsfull adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
Tagalog
1 entries- mapanagutin adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Tajik
2 entries- масъул adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- ҷавобгар adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Tatar
1 entries- җаваплы adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Thai
1 entries- รับผิดชอบ adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Turkish
2 entries- mesul adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- sorumlu adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Turkmen
1 entries- jogapkär adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відповіда́льний adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- відповіда́льний adj (able to answer reasonably for one's conduct)
- відповіда́льний adj (involving a degree of personal accountability)
- відповіда́льний adj (being a primary cause or agent of some event or action)
Urdu
1 entries- ذمہ دار adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Uyghur
2 entries- جاۋابكار adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- مەسئۇل adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Uzbek
2 entries- javobgar adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
- masʼul adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Vietnamese
1 entries- có trách nhiệm adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Walloon
1 entries- responsåve adj (answerable for an act performed or for its consequences)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
You are responsible for what you do.
Source: tatoeba (16045)
You should be responsible for your actions.
Source: tatoeba (16046)
You are responsible for what you have done.
Source: tatoeba (16053)
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