complicado
/kompliˈkaðo/
#2119 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
complicated, complex
Word origin
From complicar ('to complicate'), from Latin complicare ('to fold together'), from con ('together') plus plicare ('to fold'). The same root gives English 'complicate' and 'pliable'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- complicare
- English cognates
- complicate, pliable
Grammar
Femininecomplicada
Masc pluralcomplicados
Fem pluralcomplicadas
Examples
.
This problem is more complicated than it seemed.
.
They have a very complicated relationship.
hacerlo , mantenerlo .
I do not want to make it complicated, let us keep it simple.
.
The situation has become rather complicated.
pocas .
It is complicated to explain this in a few words.
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