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responsibility

UK: /rɪˌspɒnt.sɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/ US: /-ˌspɑːnt.səˈbɪl.ə.t̮i/

Translation

n [u]
responsabilidad
sense of responsibility
sentido de la responsabilidad
seriedad
n [c]
obligación
responsabilidad
El plural es responsibilities
to {accept/take} responsibility for sth
responsabilizar(se) de algo
hacerse cargo de algo
to {act/do} sth on one's own responsibility
hacer algo bajo su propia responsabilidad
to claim responsibility for sth
asumir la responsabilidad de algo
asumir la autoría de algo
Véase tb: to bear the {cost/responsibility}
(Definition of responsibility nn from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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