responsibility - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ Spanish Dictionary

Nouns

responsibility	la obligación
responsibility	la responsabilidad
responsibility	el compromiso
responsibility	el deber
responsibility	el cargo [fig.]
responsibility [LAW]	la competencia   - incumbencia   chiefly
joint responsibility	la corresponsabilidad
personal responsibility	responsabilidad propia
sense of responsibility	sentido de la responsabilidad
sphere of responsibility	la incumbencia
sphere of responsibility	campo de responsabilidad
sphere of responsibility	la competencia
share of the responsibility	la corresponsabilidad
decision-making and responsibility	la capacitación   - resultado

Verbs

to accept responsibility (for sth.)  | accepted, accepted |

asumir la responsabilidad

Adjectives / Adverbs

of the age of criminal responsibility [LAW]

en edad penal

Examples

He had to accept responsibility for the mistake.	Tuvo que asumir la responsabilidad por el error.
Somebody needs to take responsibility for this project.	Uno necesita asumir la responsabilidad de este proyecto.

Phrases / Collocations

to wash one's hands of responsibility [fig.]

lavarse las manos [fig.]   [Bible]

Related search terms

betrothal, remit, onus, mission, duty, imperative, charge, obligations, undertaking, devoir, task, obligation, connoisseurship, liability