English-Spanish translations for liable

• responsable
  De lo contrario, será responsable. If this is not the case, then he is liable.
  Me opongo a que se haga responsables a los propietarios de los vehículos. I am opposed to making the car owners liable.
  Los países no son responsables de las deudas de los demás. Countries are not liable for each other's debts.

Definition of liable

• bound or obliged in law or equity; responsible; answerable
• subject; susceptible
• exposed to a certain contingency or causality, more or less probable

Examples

• The surety is liable for the debt of his principal.
• This crime is liable to imprisonment for life
• A man liable to heart disease
• Someone is liable to slip on your icy sidewalk.

Related words

• reliable
• unreliable
• pliable
• reliableness
• conciliable
• affiliable
• irreconciliable
• liable to flare up
• liable to a charge