in charge

a cargo, al frente

Responsable de organizar, dirigir o cuidar a alguien o algo.

En inglés sencillo: Responsible for organizing, leading, or looking after someone or something.

• Who is in charge here?
• They put me in charge of the children.
• She was in charge of organizing the concert.

Cómo se usa: be in charge of someone/something (She is in charge of the kitchen.); be in charge of doing something (He is in charge of booking the tickets.)

Sinónimos: responsible, in command

Expresiones frecuentes: in charge of something, leave someone in charge

al mando, en control

Tener autoridad para dar órdenes o decidir lo que ocurre.

En inglés sencillo: Able to give orders or decide what happens.

• She likes being in charge.
• This app puts you in charge of your privacy settings.
• He made it clear that he was in charge.

Cómo se usa: be in charge of something (You are in charge of your own decisions.)

Sinónimos: in control, in command

Expresiones frecuentes: be in charge, put someone in charge, in charge of something

a cargo de, al frente de

Ser responsable de algo y poder indicar a otros qué deben hacer al respecto.

En inglés sencillo: Responsible for something and able to tell people what to do about it.

• Anna is in charge of the shop.
• Who was in charge of checking the tickets?
• They put him in charge of a team of ten people.

Cómo se usa: in charge of someone/something (Who is in charge of the food for the party?); in charge of doing something (I am in charge of training new staff.)

Sinónimos: responsible for, in control of

Expresiones frecuentes: in charge of something, in charge of someone