liable

responsable

Que tiene responsabilidad legal por algo, especialmente por pagar daños o una deuda.

En inglés sencillo: Legally responsible for something, especially paying for damage or a debt.

• You are liable for the debt.
• The driver was held liable for the damage.
• Who is legally liable if a customer gets hurt?

Cómo se usa: be liable for something (The company is liable for the damage.); hold someone liable for something (The court held him liable for the repair costs.)

Sinónimos: responsible, accountable

Expresiones frecuentes: liable for something, legally liable

propenso, proclive

Que tiende a hacer algo o a comportarse de cierta manera, a menudo desagradable.

En inglés sencillo: Likely to do something or behave in a particular way, often an unpleasant one.

• She is liable to forget your name.
• He was liable to start an argument after drinking.
• Children are liable to ask awkward questions.

Cómo se usa: be liable to do something (He is liable to lose his temper when tired.)

Sinónimos: likely, apt, prone

Expresiones frecuentes: liable to forget, liable to do something

sujeto

Que puede recibir legalmente un castigo u otro trato desfavorable.

En inglés sencillo: In a position where a punishment or other unpleasant treatment can legally be applied.

• Offenders are liable to imprisonment.
• The company may be liable to prosecution.
• Is this income liable to tax?

Cómo se usa: be liable to something (Anyone breaking this rule is liable to a fine.)

Sinónimos: subject

Antónimos: exempt

Expresiones frecuentes: liable to prosecution, liable to imprisonment, liable to tax

propenso, susceptible

Que tiene tendencia a sufrir un problema concreto o a verse afectado por algo perjudicial.

En inglés sencillo: Likely to suffer a particular problem or be affected by something harmful.

• These plants are liable to frost damage.
• The machine is liable to fail in extreme heat.
• Older pipes are more liable to leaks.

Cómo se usa: be liable to something (Low fields are liable to flooding.); be liable to do something (These batteries are liable to overheat.)

Sinónimos: susceptible, prone, vulnerable

Expresiones frecuentes: liable to damage, liable to malfunction