English-Spanish translations for commitment

• compromiso
  Y ese debe ser nuestro compromiso. This should be our commitment.
  Ahora necesitamos otro compromiso. Now we need another commitment.
  Es decir, que sería "un compromiso" para todo eso. In other words, it would be "a commitment" to do this.
• acuerdo
  No se firmó ningún acuerdo jurídicamente vinculante. No legally binding commitments were signed.
  Este acuerdo forma parte de un compromiso más amplio. This agreement forms part of a wider commitment.
  En segundo lugar, el compromiso con los acuerdos internacionales. Secondly, the commitment to international agreements.
• promesa
  No se han cumplido las promesas financieras. Financial commitments have not been met.
  Se trata de una importante promesa efectuada por Estados Unidos. That is an important commitment from the US.
  Las palabras y las promesas políticas del Consejo de Economía y Finanzas (Ecofin) no fueron suficientes. Words and political commitments by the Ecofin Council were not enough.

Definition of commitment

• The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially
• Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially
• Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons
• Perpetration as in a crime or mistake
• The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail

Related words

• commit
• committee
• committal
• committed
• uncommitted
• noncommittal
• subcommittee
• committer
• recommit