complicado

/kompliˈkaðo/

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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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This word is part of lesson 43.