responsabilizar
Portuguese
Etymology
From responsável + -izar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ʁ)/ [hes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ɾ)/ [hes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeʃ.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ʁ)/ [χeʃ.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ɻ)/ [hes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.põ.sɐ.bi.liˈzaɾ/ [ʁɨʃ.põ.sɐ.βi.liˈzaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨʃ.põ.sɐ.bi.liˈza.ɾi/ [ʁɨʃ.põ.sɐ.βi.liˈza.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: res‧pon‧sa‧bi‧li‧zar
Verb
responsabilizar (first-person singular present responsabilizo, first-person singular preterite responsabilizei, past participle responsabilizado)
- to responsibilize, to hold responsible, to take responsibility for
Conjugation
Conjugation of responsabilizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “responsabilizar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “responsabilizar”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
- “responsabilizar”, in Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisboa: Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, 2001–2025
- “responsabilizar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “responsabilizar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “responsabilizar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From responsable + -izar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /responsabiliˈθaɾ/ [res.põn.sa.β̞i.liˈθaɾ] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /responsabiliˈsaɾ/ [res.põn.sa.β̞i.liˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: res‧pon‧sa‧bi‧li‧zar
Verb
responsabilizar (first-person singular present responsabilizo, first-person singular preterite responsabilicé, past participle responsabilizado)
- (transitive) to hold responsible
- (reflexive) to take responsibility for
Conjugation
Conjugation of responsabilizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of responsabilizar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive responsabilizar | dative | responsabilizarme | responsabilizarte | responsabilizarle, responsabilizarse | responsabilizarnos | responsabilizaros | responsabilizarles, responsabilizarse |
| accusative | responsabilizarme | responsabilizarte | responsabilizarlo, responsabilizarla, responsabilizarse | responsabilizarnos | responsabilizaros | responsabilizarlos, responsabilizarlas, responsabilizarse | |
| with gerund responsabilizando | dative | responsabilizándome | responsabilizándote | responsabilizándole, responsabilizándose | responsabilizándonos | responsabilizándoos | responsabilizándoles, responsabilizándose |
| accusative | responsabilizándome | responsabilizándote | responsabilizándolo, responsabilizándola, responsabilizándose | responsabilizándonos | responsabilizándoos | responsabilizándolos, responsabilizándolas, responsabilizándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative responsabiliza | dative | responsabilízame | responsabilízate | responsabilízale | responsabilízanos | not used | responsabilízales |
| accusative | responsabilízame | responsabilízate | responsabilízalo, responsabilízala | responsabilízanos | not used | responsabilízalos, responsabilízalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative responsabilizá | dative | responsabilizame | responsabilizate | responsabilizale | responsabilizanos | not used | responsabilizales |
| accusative | responsabilizame | responsabilizate | responsabilizalo, responsabilizala | responsabilizanos | not used | responsabilizalos, responsabilizalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative responsabilice | dative | responsabilíceme | not used | responsabilícele, responsabilícese | responsabilícenos | not used | responsabilíceles |
| accusative | responsabilíceme | not used | responsabilícelo, responsabilícela, responsabilícese | responsabilícenos | not used | responsabilícelos, responsabilícelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative responsabilicemos | dative | not used | responsabilicémoste | responsabilicémosle | responsabilicémonos | responsabilicémoos | responsabilicémosles |
| accusative | not used | responsabilicémoste | responsabilicémoslo, responsabilicémosla | responsabilicémonos | responsabilicémoos | responsabilicémoslos, responsabilicémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative responsabilizad | dative | responsabilizadme | not used | responsabilizadle | responsabilizadnos | responsabilizaos | responsabilizadles |
| accusative | responsabilizadme | not used | responsabilizadlo, responsabilizadla | responsabilizadnos | responsabilizaos | responsabilizadlos, responsabilizadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative responsabilicen | dative | responsabilícenme | not used | responsabilícenle | responsabilícennos | not used | responsabilícenles, responsabilícense |
| accusative | responsabilícenme | not used | responsabilícenlo, responsabilícenla | responsabilícennos | not used | responsabilícenlos, responsabilícenlas, responsabilícense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “responsabilizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024