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responsabil
responsible /res.pon.saˈbil/
adjective#1258 most common
Also: accountable, in charge (of), the person in charge (as a job title)
Example sentences
El este responsabil.
He is responsible.
Ea este o persoană responsabilă.
She is a responsible person.
Cine este responsabil pentru acest proiect?
Who is responsible for this project?
Părinții sunt responsabili pentru educația copiilor lor.
Parents are responsible for their children's education.
Compania a fost trasă la răspundere pentru că angajații nu au fost suficient de responsabili în gestionarea datelor.
The company was held accountable because its employees were not responsible enough in handling the data.
Deși nimeni nu și-a asumat oficial vina, toți cei implicați se simt, într-o oarecare măsură, responsabili pentru eșecul negocierilor.
Although no one officially admitted the blame, everyone involved feels, to some degree, responsible for the failure of the negotiations.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | responsabil | responsabili |
| Genitive | responsabil | responsabili |
| Accusative | responsabil | responsabili |
| Vocative | responsabilule | responsabililor |
Word family
responsabilitateresponsibility
a responsabilizato make someone accountable, to instill responsibility in
iresponsabilirresponsible
responsabilăresponsible (feminine form)
coresponsabiljointly responsible
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "responsabil" in the nineteenth century from French "responsable", during the period when Romanian intellectuals reshaped the language with Latin-based vocabulary. The ending was refitted to the native Romanian neologism pattern -abil, the same pattern seen in "capabil" and "probabil". The root goes back to Latin "respondere", meaning to answer or pledge back, built from "re-" and "spondere", to pledge or vow solemnly.
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