/kompliˈkaðo/
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Translation
complicated, complex
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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
Examples
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This problem is more complicated than it seemed.
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They have a very complicated relationship.
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I do not want to make it complicated, let us keep it simple.
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The situation has become rather complicated.
pocas .
It is complicated to explain this in a few words.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 1: complicado, habilidad, bruja and 7 more words.