responsable

/responˈsable/ · A2 · adj

responsible, answerable

responsable = responder (to answer) + -able: the one who must answer for it

From Latin respondere, to answer back. Same root as English responsible, just spelled with -able instead of -ible. As a noun, el/la responsable is the person in charge, the one who answers for the outcome.

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