ANSWERABLE - Translation from English into Spanish

Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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Spanish

answerable [Am ˈæns(ə)rəb(ə)l, Brit ˈɑːns(ə)rəb(ə)l] ADJ pred

to be answerable (to sb/sth) (for sth) I'll not be answerable for the consequences if …: yo no respondo de lo que pueda pasar si …

she said she was not answerable for his behavior: dijo que ella no era responsable de lo que él hiciera

I'm answerable to no one: no tengo que rendirle cuentas a nadie

you'll be answerable directly to her: tendrás que darle cuentas directamente a ella

you'll be answerable directly to her: ella será tu superior inmediato

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English

eres responsable ante mí del resultado: you're answerable o accountable to me for the result

la comisión dependerá del Senado: the commission will report to o will be accountable to o will be answerable to the Senate

no respondo de lo que haya hecho mi hijo: I will not answer for o be answerable for o be held responsible for what my son may have done

in the PONS Dictionary

answerable [ˈɑ:nsərəbl, Am ˈæn-] ADJ

1. answerable (responsible):

to be answerable for sth: ser responsable de algo

2. answerable (accountable):

to be answerable to sb: tener que rendir cuentas a alguien

to be answerable to nobody: no tener que rendir cuentas a nadie

in the PONS Dictionary

answerable [ˈæn·sər·ə·bəl] ADJ

1. answerable (responsible):

to be answerable for sth: ser responsable de algo

2. answerable (accountable):

to be answerable to sb: tener que rendir cuentas a alguien

to be answerable to nobody: no tener que rendir cuentas a nadie

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be answerable for sth: ser responsable de algo

to be answerable to sb: tener que rendir cuentas a alguien

to be answerable to nobody: no tener que rendir cuentas a nadie

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Each of these companies has its own board of directors and shareholders, to whom it is answerable.

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Law enforcement organizations had been reorganized, civilianized, and made answerable to the courts and the procuratorates.

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This unpaid committee is responsible for the day-to-day running of the ecclesia and is answerable to the rest of the ecclesia's members.

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The principle is considered essential, as it is seen to guarantee that an elected official is answerable for every single government decision.

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These academies' main responsibility is overseeing primary and secondary education, but public universities are in some respects also answerable to the academy for their region.

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