responsabilizar Affirmative Imperative Conjugation
responsabilizar — to hold responsible
The imperative uses the 'z' to 'c' spelling change for formal commands (usted/ustedes) and 'nosotros'.
responsabilizar Affirmative Imperative Forms
When to Use the Affirmative Imperative
Use this to tell someone directly to take responsibility or to assign responsibility to someone else.
Notes on responsabilizar in the Affirmative Imperative
The informal 'tú' command is 'responsabiliza' (regular). All other forms use the 'c' spelling (responsabilice, responsabilicen) because they are derived from the subjunctive.
Example Sentences
Responsabiliza a los culpables, no a las víctimas.
Hold the guilty responsible, not the victims.
tú
Responsabilice usted al gerente de la tienda.
Hold the store manager responsible.
usted
Responsabilicémonos de nuestras acciones.
Let's take responsibility for our actions.
nosotros
Common Mistakes
Mistake: Responsabilizad (used in Latin America)
Correct: Responsabilicen
Why: While 'responsabilizad' is correct for 'vosotros' in Spain, learners in the Americas should use 'responsabilicen' for the plural 'you'.
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Related Tenses
Present
yo: responsabilizo
The present tense is fully regular: responsabilizo, responsabilizas, responsabiliza, etc.
Preterite
yo: responsabilicé
The preterite is regular except for the 'yo' form (responsabilicé), which changes 'z' to 'c'.
Imperfect
yo: responsabilizaba
The imperfect is regular for -ar verbs: responsabilizaba, responsabilizabas, responsabilizaba, etc.
Future
yo: responsabilizaré
The future tense is regular: add endings -é, -ás, -á to the full infinitive responsabilizar.
Conditional
yo: responsabilizaría
The conditional is regular: add -ía, -ías, -ía to the infinitive responsabilizar.
Present Subjunctive
yo: responsabilice
The present subjunctive of responsabilizar requires a 'z' to 'c' spelling change: responsabilice, responsabilices, responsabilice, etc.
Imperfect Subjunctive
yo: responsabilizara
The imperfect subjunctive is formed from the third-person plural preterite: responsabilizara, responsabilizaras, responsabilizara.
Negative Imperative
yo: no responsabilices
The negative imperative always uses the present subjunctive forms: no responsabilices, no responsabilice, etc.