responsabilidad
Spanish, noun/responsabiliˈdad/
responsabilidad is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-I-L-I-D-A-D (15 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,113th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Responsabilidad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “responsibility, responsibleness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obligación y/o capacidad de responder a los actos propios y en algunos casos de los ajenos”.
What does responsabilidad mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresponsibility, responsibleness
- 2
feminineaccountability
- 3
femininelegal liability
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obligación y/o capacidad de responder a los actos propios y en algunos casos de los ajenos. 2. Cumplimiento cabal de los deberes y obligaciones.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of responsabilidad
- responsabilidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce responsabilidad?
- /responsabiliˈdad/
- [res.põn.sa.β̞i.liˈð̞að̞]
- [respõnsaβ̞iliˈð̞að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to responsabilidad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is responsabilidad in Spanish?
responsabilidad appears 79 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).