responsable
Spanish, noun/responˈsable/
responsable is spelled R-E-S-P-O-N-S-A-B-L-E (11 letters) and appears 63 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,375th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Responsable is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “person responsible, someone obliged, obligor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Encargado de la dirección y control del trabajo en una obra, oficina, etc”.
What does responsable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineresponsible, answerable
ser responsable de
noun
- 1
femininemasculineperson responsible, someone obliged, obligor
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Persona capaz y comprometida a responder por los actos propios o ajenos. 2. Persona cabalmente cumplidora de sus deberes y obligaciones. 3. Agente causante de alguna circunstancia generalmente desfavorable. 4. Persona sensata, capaz de sopesar las consecuencias antes de tomar una decisión, de un modo especial en asuntos delicados.
noun: 1. Encargado de la dirección y control del trabajo en una obra, oficina, etc.
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 responsable
- responsables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce responsable?
- /responˈsable/
- [res.põnˈsa.β̞le]
- [respõnˈsaβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to responsable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is responsable in Spanish?
responsable appears 63 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).