How to say “responsible” in 33 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- responsable/responˈsable/ Spanish
- مسؤول/mas.ʔuːl/ Arabic
- υπεύθυνος/iˈpefθinos/ Greek
- אחראי/aχʁaʔi/ Hebrew
“responsible” in Spanish: responsable · French: responsable · German: verantwortlich · Italian: responsabile · Portuguese: responsável · Arabic: مسؤول · Turkish: sorumlu · Greek: υπεύθυνος
It is commonest in Persian, where مسئول is the 693rd most used word.
Responsible in other languages, A to Z
- Arabic مسؤول/mas.ʔuːl/ responsible, in charge, accountable #1,421
- Basque arduratu/arduɾatu/ to be in charge, be responsible, to take care… #518
- Bosnian odgovoran/ôdɡoʋoːran/ #1,535
- Bulgarian отговорен[odɡoˈvɔrɛn] #1,636
- Catalan responsable[rəs.punˈsab.blə] #1,298
- Chinese 主管/ʈ͡ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to be responsible for; to be in charge of #1,209
- Croatian odgovoran/ôdɡoʋoːran/ #1,542
- Czech zodpovědný[ˈzotpovjɛdniː] #2,287
- Danish ansvarlig/anˈsvɑːˀli/ #1,778
- Dutch verantwoordelijk/vərɑntˈʋoːrdələk/ #1,307
- English guilty/ˈɡɪl.ti/ Responsible for a dishonest act #1,190
- Finnish vastuussa/ˈʋɑstuːsːɑ/ #1,583
- French responsable/ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sabl/ #991
- Galician responsable/responˈsable/ responsible, answerable #2,078
- German verantwortlich[fɛɐ̯ˈʔantvɔʁtlɪç] #1,339
- Greek υπεύθυνος/iˈpefθinos/ #1,271
- Hebrew אחראי/aχʁaʔi/ #840
- Hindi प्रभारी/pɾə.bʱɑː.ɾiː/ in charge, responsible #2,393
- Hungarian felelős[ˈfɛlɛløːʃ] #1,626
- Icelandic ábyrgur[ˈauː.pɪrkʏr] responsible, answerable #1,950
- Italian responsabile/res.ponˈsa.bi.le/ responsible, accountable, liable, in charge #1,283
- Lithuanian atsakingas[ɐtsɐ¹ˈkʲɪŋɡɐs] #983
- Malay jamin/ˈd͡ʒamin/ to guarantee, to be responsible #1,532
- Norwegian ansvarlig/ɑnˈsvɑːɭɪ/ responsible; answerable; liable; accountable #1,732
- Persian مسئول[mæs.ʔúːl̥] responsible; liable #693
- Polish odpowiedzialny/ɔt.pɔ.vjɛˈd͡ʑal.nɘ/ #2,388
- Portuguese responsável/ʁes.põˈsa.vew/ #1,187
- Romanian responsabil/responˈsabil/ responsible, answerable, liable #1,426
- Serbian odgovoran/ôdɡoʋoːran/ #1,542
- Spanish responsable/responˈsable/ responsible, answerable #1,469
- Swedish ansvarig/²ansˌvɑːrɪɡ/ #1,736
- Tagalog responsable/ɾesponˈsable/ responsible; reliable; trustworthy #2,355
- Turkish sorumlu[soɾumɫu] #1,112
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
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