responsabilizar

Portuguese

Etymology

From responsable +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(ʁ)/ [hes.põ.sa.bi.liˈza(h)]

• (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]

• (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)

1. to responsibilize, to hold responsible, to take responsibility for

Conjugation

    Conjugation of responsabilizar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	responsabilizar
Personal	responsabilizar	responsabilizares	responsabilizar	responsabilizarmos	responsabilizardes	responsabilizarem
Gerund
	responsabilizando
Past participle
Masculine	responsabilizado			responsabilizados
Feminine	responsabilizada			responsabilizadas
Indicative
Present	responsabilizo	responsabilizas	responsabiliza	responsabilizamos	responsabilizais	responsabilizam
Imperfect	responsabilizava	responsabilizavas	responsabilizava	responsabilizávamos	responsabilizáveis	responsabilizavam
Preterite	responsabilizei	responsabilizaste	responsabilizou	responsabilizamos1, responsabilizámos2	responsabilizastes	responsabilizaram
Pluperfect	responsabilizara	responsabilizaras	responsabilizara	responsabilizáramos	responsabilizáreis	responsabilizaram
Future	responsabilizarei	responsabilizarás	responsabilizará	responsabilizaremos	responsabilizareis	responsabilizarão
Conditional	responsabilizaria	responsabilizarias	responsabilizaria	responsabilizaríamos	responsabilizaríeis	responsabilizariam
Subjunctive
Present	responsabilize	responsabilizes	responsabilize	responsabilizemos	responsabilizeis	responsabilizem
Imperfect	responsabilizasse	responsabilizasses	responsabilizasse	responsabilizássemos	responsabilizásseis	responsabilizassem
Future	responsabilizar	responsabilizares	responsabilizar	responsabilizarmos	responsabilizardes	responsabilizarem
Imperative
Affirmative		responsabiliza	responsabilize	responsabilizemos	responsabilizai	responsabilizem
Negative (não)		não responsabilizes	não responsabilize	não responsabilizemos	não responsabilizeis	não responsabilizem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• responsabilização

Spanish

Etymology

From responsable +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /responsabiliˈθaɾ/ [res.põn.sa.β̞i.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /responsabiliˈsaɾ/ [res.põn.sa.β̞i.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: res‧pon‧sa‧bi‧li‧zar

Verb

responsabilizar (first-person singular present responsabilizo, first-person singular preterite responsabilicé, past participle responsabilizado)

1. (transitive) to hold responsible
2. (reflexive) to take responsibility for

Conjugation

    Conjugation of responsabilizar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			responsabilizar
gerund			responsabilizando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		responsabilizado		responsabilizada
		plural		responsabilizados		responsabilizadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	responsabilizo	responsabilizastú responsabilizásvos	responsabiliza	responsabilizamos	responsabilizáis	responsabilizan
	imperfect	responsabilizaba	responsabilizabas	responsabilizaba	responsabilizábamos	responsabilizabais	responsabilizaban
	preterite	responsabilicé	responsabilizaste	responsabilizó	responsabilizamos	responsabilizasteis	responsabilizaron
	future	responsabilizaré	responsabilizarás	responsabilizará	responsabilizaremos	responsabilizaréis	responsabilizarán
	conditional	responsabilizaría	responsabilizarías	responsabilizaría	responsabilizaríamos	responsabilizaríais	responsabilizarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	responsabilice	responsabilicestú responsabilicésvos2	responsabilice	responsabilicemos	responsabilicéis	responsabilicen
	imperfect (ra)	responsabilizara	responsabilizaras	responsabilizara	responsabilizáramos	responsabilizarais	responsabilizaran
	imperfect (se)	responsabilizase	responsabilizases	responsabilizase	responsabilizásemos	responsabilizaseis	responsabilizasen
	future1	responsabilizare	responsabilizares	responsabilizare	responsabilizáremos	responsabilizareis	responsabilizaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		responsabilizatú responsabilizávos	responsabilice	responsabilicemos	responsabilizad	responsabilicen
	negative		no responsabilices	no responsabilice	no responsabilicemos	no responsabilicéis	no responsabilicen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    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

• responsabilización

 

Further reading

• “responsabilizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014