achacable

Spanish

Etymology

From achacar +‎ -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡ʃaˈkable/ [a.t͡ʃaˈka.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: a‧cha‧ca‧ble

Adjective

achacable m or f (masculine and feminine plural achacables)

1. ascribable; attributable to
   • 2015 July 31, “Sánchez: “El mejor aliado de Mas es Rajoy en La Moncloa””, in El País‎^[1]:

     Los socialistas reconocen que el país está empezando a crecer económicamente pero ni siquiera ese dato objetivo le es achacable a Rajoy, sino “a factores externos”.

     The socialists recognize that the country is starting to grow economically, but not even this objective fact is attributable to Rajoy, but rather to "external factors".

Further reading

• “achacable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10