complicate in English: To make something harder to do or to understand. (verb)

Translation

To make something harder to do or to understand.

Word origin

From Latin complicare, to fold together, from com, together, and plicare, to fold.

Verb typeregular (complicate, complicates, complicated, complicating)

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"Complicate" is the opposite of making something simple.

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The past form is complicated, made by adding d.

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The adjective "complicated" describes the result.

difficult

Not easy; needing a lot of work or skill to do or understand.

hard

Not easy to do, or firm and solid to touch.

problem

A difficult thing that you need to deal with or a question you need to answer.

simple

Easy to do or understand; not hard and not having many parts.

easy

Not hard to do or understand.

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