achacable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish achacar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish achacable

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], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 4 March 2016:

     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), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026