Responsabilizar means to hold someone accountable or to make someone responsible for something. It is used when assigning responsibility or emphasizing accountability.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilizo | Yo responsabilizo a todos por el error. I hold everyone responsible for the mistake. | |
Tú | responsabilizas | Tú responsabilizas a tu equipo fácilmente. You easily hold your team responsible. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabiliza | Ella responsabiliza a su jefe por el problema. She blames her boss for the problem. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilizamos | Nosotros responsabilizamos a todos en el proyecto. We hold everyone responsible in the project. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilizáis | Vosotros responsabilizáis a los estudiantes. You all hold the students responsible. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilizan | Ellos responsabilizan a la empresa por los daños. They blame the company for the damages. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilicé | Yo responsabilicé a mi equipo. I held my team responsible. | |
Tú | responsabilizaste | Tú responsabilizaste al gerente. You held the manager responsible. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabilizó | Ella responsabilizó a su colega. She held her colleague responsible. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilizamos | Nosotros responsabilizamos a todos. We held everyone responsible. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilizasteis | Vosotros responsabilizasteis al equipo. You all held the team responsible. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilizaron | Ellos responsabilizaron a la empresa. They held the company responsible. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilizaba | Yo responsabilizaba a todos en el proyecto. I was holding everyone responsible in the project. | |
Tú | responsabilizabas | Tú responsabilizabas a tus amigos siempre. You used to hold your friends responsible all the time. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabilizaba | Ella responsabilizaba a su equipo regularmente. She used to hold her team responsible regularly. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilizábamos | Nosotros responsabilizábamos de los errores pasados. We used to take responsibility for past mistakes. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilizabais | Vosotros responsabilizabais a todos en la reunión. You all used to hold everyone responsible in the meeting. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilizaban | Ellos responsabilizaban a los estudiantes antiguos. They used to hold the old students responsible. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | estoy responsabilizando | Estoy responsabilizando a mi equipo ahora mismo. I am holding my team accountable right now. | |
Tú | estás responsabilizando | ¿Estás responsabilizando a alguien por eso? Are you holding someone responsible for that? | |
Él / Ella / Usted | está responsabilizando | Ella está responsabilizando a los empleados. She is holding the employees responsible. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos responsabilizando | Estamos responsabilizando a los estudiantes por sus acciones. We are holding the students responsible for their actions. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis responsabilizando | Vosotros estáis responsabilizando a todos en la reunión. You all are holding everyone responsible in the meeting. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están responsabilizando | Los gerentes están responsabilizando a los empleados. The managers are holding the employees responsible. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | me voy a responsabilizar | Me voy a responsabilizar por el proyecto. I am going to take responsibility for the project. | |
Tú | te vas a responsabilizar | ¿Te vas a responsabilizar de tus acciones? Are you going to take responsibility for your actions? | |
Él / Ella / Usted | se va a responsabilizar | Él se va a responsabilizar del error. He is going to take responsibility for the mistake. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | nos vamos a responsabilizar | Nos vamos a responsabilizar del evento. We are going to take responsibility for the event. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | os vais a responsabilizar | ¿Os vais a responsabilizar por esto? Are you all going to take responsibility for this? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se van a responsabilizar | Ellos se van a responsabilizar de sus decisiones. They are going to take responsibility for their decisions. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | me responsabilizaré | Me responsabilizaré por mis acciones. I will take responsibility for my actions. | |
Tú | te responsabilizarás | Tú te responsabilizarás de tus decisiones. You will take responsibility for your decisions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | se responsabilizará | Él se responsabilizará del proyecto. He will take responsibility for the project. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | nos responsabilizaremos | Nos responsabilizaremos por los errores. We will take responsibility for the mistakes. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | os responsabilizaréis | Vosotros os responsabilizaréis de la organización. You all will take responsibility for the organization. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se responsabilizarán | Ellos se responsabilizarán del evento. They will take responsibility for the event. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilizaría | Yo me responsabilizaría si fuera necesario. I would take responsibility if it were necessary. | |
Tú | responsabilizarías | Tú responsabilizarías al equipo si fallan. You would hold the team responsible if they fail. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabilizaría | Él responsabilizaría a otros en esa situación. He would blame others in that situation. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilizaríamos | Nosotros responsabilizaríamos de los errores. We would take responsibility for the mistakes. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilizaríais | Vosotros responsabilizaríais a la empresa. You all would blame the company. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilizarían | Ellos responsabilizarían a los empleados. They would blame the employees. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | me he responsabilizado | Me he responsabilizado por el error. I have taken responsibility for the mistake. | |
Tú | te has responsabilizado | ¿Te has responsabilizado por tus acciones? Have you taken responsibility for your actions? | |
Él / Ella / Usted | se ha responsabilizado | Ella se ha responsabilizado del proyecto. She has taken responsibility for the project. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | nos hemos responsabilizado | Nos hemos responsabilizado del equipo. We have taken responsibility for the team. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | os habéis responsabilizado | ¿Os habéis responsabilizado por el retraso? Have you all taken responsibility for the delay? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se han responsabilizado | Se han responsabilizado de la situación. They have taken responsibility for the situation. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | me había responsabilizado | Yo me había responsabilizado por el error. I had taken responsibility for the mistake. | |
Tú | te habías responsabilizado | Tú te habías responsabilizado antes de que llegara. You had taken responsibility before it arrived. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | se había responsabilizado | Ella se había responsabilizado por el problema. She had taken responsibility for the problem. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | nos habíamos responsabilizado | Nosotros nos habíamos responsabilizado del proyecto. We had taken responsibility for the project. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | os habíais responsabilizado | Vosotros os habíais responsabilizado antes del fallo. You all had taken responsibility before the failure. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habían responsabilizado | Ellos se habían responsabilizado por la situación. They had taken responsibility for the situation. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | me habré responsabilizado | Para entonces, me habré responsabilizado por el error. By then, I will have taken responsibility for the mistake. | |
Tú | te habrás responsabilizado | Para mañana, te habrás responsabilizado del proyecto. By tomorrow, you will have taken responsibility for the project. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | se habrá responsabilizado | Ella se habrá responsabilizado de la situación. She will have taken responsibility for the situation. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | nos habremos responsabilizado | Nosotros nos habremos responsabilizado antes de la reunión. We will have taken responsibility before the meeting. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | os habréis responsabilizado | Vosotros os habréis responsabilizado por los daños. You all will have taken responsibility for the damages. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se habrán responsabilizado | Ellos se habrán responsabilizado del error. They will have taken responsibility for the mistake. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | habría responsabilizado | Yo habría responsabilizado al equipo. I would have held the team responsible. | |
Tú | habrías responsabilizado | Tú habrías responsabilizado a Juan. You would have held Juan responsible. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | habría responsabilizado | Él habría responsabilizado a su jefe. He would have held his boss responsible. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos responsabilizado | Nosotros habríamos responsabilizado a todos. We would have held everyone responsible. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais responsabilizado | Vosotros habríais responsabilizado a los estudiantes. You all would have held the students responsible. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían responsabilizado | Ellos habrían responsabilizado a la empresa. They would have held the company responsible. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilice | Es importante que responsabilice sus acciones. It is important that he/she takes responsibility for his/her actions. | |
Tú | responsabilices | Espero que responsabilices tus decisiones. I hope that you take responsibility for your decisions. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabilice | Es posible que él responsabilice a otros. It is possible that he/she blames others. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilicemos | Queremos que nos responsabilicemos del proyecto. We want us to take responsibility for the project. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilicéis | Es necesario que responsabilicéis a los estudiantes. It is necessary that you all take responsibility for the students. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilicen | Dudo que ellos responsabilicen a alguien más. I doubt that they blame someone else. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilizara | Quería que él responsabilizara a todos. I wanted him to hold everyone responsible. | |
Tú | responsabilizaras | Esperaba que tú responsabilizaras a los demás. I hoped that you would hold others responsible. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabilizara | Dudaba que ella responsabilizara a alguien. I doubted that she would hold someone responsible. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilizáramos | Era importante que nosotros responsabilizáramos los errores. It was important that we held ourselves accountable for the mistakes. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilizarais | No creía que vosotros responsabilizarais a nadie. I didn't believe that you all would hold anyone responsible. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilizaran | No pensaba que ellos responsabilizaran a los demás. I didn't think they would hold others responsible. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilizare | Si me responsabilizare, todo saldrá bien. If I take responsibility, everything will turn out well. | |
Tú | responsabilizaras | Cuando responsabilizaras, el problema se resolvería. When you take responsibility, the problem would be solved. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabilizare | Es probable que responsabilizare a todos. He/She/You (formal) will probably take responsibility for everyone. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilizáremos | Nos responsabilizáremos si fuera necesario. We will take responsibility if necessary. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilizareis | Vuestro equipo responsabilizareis en el proyecto. Your team will take responsibility in the project. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilizaren | Es posible que responsabilizaren a los involucrados. They/You all might take responsibility for those involved. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | haya responsabilizado | Es importante que haya responsabilizado a todos. It is important that I have held everyone accountable. | |
Tú | hayas responsabilizado | Espero que hayas responsabilizado a los involucrados. I hope that you have held the involved parties accountable. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | haya responsabilizado | Es posible que él haya responsabilizado a alguien más. It is possible that he has held someone else accountable. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos responsabilizado | Creemos que hayamos responsabilizado a los responsables. We believe that we have held those responsible accountable. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis responsabilizado | ¿Habéis responsabilizado a todos los implicados? Have you all held everyone involved accountable? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan responsabilizado | Es probable que hayan responsabilizado a los culpables. They have probably held the culprits accountable. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | hubiera responsabilizado | Si hubiera responsabilizado a todos, habría evitado problemas. If I had held everyone responsible, I would have avoided problems. | |
Tú | hubieras responsabilizado | Es posible que tú hubieras responsabilizado a alguien más. Maybe you had blamed someone else. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera responsabilizado | Ella habría responsabilizado a su equipo si hubiera sabido. She would have held her team responsible if she had known. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos responsabilizado | Nosotros nunca hubiéramos responsabilizado sin pruebas. We would never have blamed without evidence. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais responsabilizado | ¿Vosotros habríais responsabilizado a alguien entonces? Would you have blamed someone then? | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran responsabilizado | Ellos no habrían responsabilizado sin consultar. They wouldn't have blamed without consulting. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | me responsabilizare | Para entonces, me responsabilizare completamente. By then, I will have taken full responsibility. | |
Tú | te responsabilizaras | Si hubieras llegado temprano, te responsabilizaras. If you had arrived early, you would have taken responsibility. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | se responsabilizara | Es posible que se responsabilizara por el error. He/She might have taken responsibility for the mistake. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | nos responsabilizáramos | Nos responsabilizáramos si ocurriera algo grave. We would have taken responsibility if something serious happened. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | os responsabilizarais | Quizá os responsabilizarais en esa situación. Maybe you all would have taken responsibility in that situation. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | se responsabilizaran | Ellos se responsabilizaran si supieran la verdad. They would have taken responsibility if they knew the truth. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | responsabilízate | Responsabilízate de tus acciones. Take responsibility for your actions. | |
Tú | responsabilízate | Responsabilízate y no pongas excusas. Take responsibility and don't make excuses. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | responsabilícese | Responsabilícese de sus decisiones. Take responsibility for your decisions. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | responsabilicémonos | Responsabilicémonos del proyecto juntos. Let's take responsibility for the project together. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | responsabilizaos | Responsabilizaos de cumplir la tarea. Take responsibility for completing the task. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | responsabilícense | Responsabilícense de sus obligaciones. Take responsibility for your obligations. |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
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Yo | no me responsabilice | No me responsabilice por eso. Don't hold me responsible for that. | |
Tú | no te responsabilices | No te responsabilices de todo. Don't hold yourself responsible for everything. | |
Él / Ella / Usted | no se responsabilice | No se responsabilice por los errores. Don't hold yourself responsible for the mistakes. | |
Nosotros / Nosotras | no nos responsabilicemos | No nos responsabilicemos de eso. Let's not hold ourselves responsible for that. | |
Vosotros / Vosotras | no os responsabilicéis | No os responsabilicéis por lo que no es vuestro. Don't hold yourselves responsible for what isn't yours. | |
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no se responsabilicen | No se responsabilicen de los daños. Don't hold yourselves responsible for the damages. |
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