B1verb · transitive · rare

complicate

com·pli·cate

complicate · complicates · complicated · complicating

ускладнювати, ускладнити

усложнять, усложнить, осложнить, осложнять

komplizieren

To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficultTo make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.

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UK/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/US/ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/

» I thought it might be complicated.

Ich dachte, dass es kompliziert sein könnte.

Я думав, що це може бути складно.

Я думала, що це може бути складно.

Meaning

3 senses

(transitive)To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
make more complex, intricate, or richer
(transitive)To involve in a convoluted matter.
Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your understanding.
John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced.
komplizieren
усложня́тьusložnjátʹ, усложни́тьusložnítʹ, осложня́тьosložnjátʹ
ускла́днюватиuskládnjuvaty, ускладни́тиuskladnýty
(transitive)To coexist with (another disease) creating a complication.

Examples

711 sentences

I thought it might be complicated.
Я думав, що це може бути складно. — deniko
deIch dachte, dass es kompliziert sein könnte. — Yorwba
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The first proposal was too complicated.
Перша пропозиція була занадто складною. — deniko
ruПервое предложение было слишком сложным. — Wezzel
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That's way too complicated for me.
Це для мене аж занадто складно. — deniko
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I thought that it might be complicated.
Я думав, що це може бути складно. — deniko
deIch dachte, dass es kompliziert sein könnte. — Yorwba
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Is that so complicated?
Це занадто складно? — shanghainese
ruЭто так сложно? — marafon
deIst das so kompliziert? — raggione
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to combine intricately:

Русский

By meaning 1

to combine intricately:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to combine intricately:

Origin

First attested in the early 17th century; borrowed from Latin complicātus, perfect passive

First attested in the early 17th century; borrowed from Latin complicātus, perfect passive participle of complicō (“to fold together, fold up”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- (“with, together with, in the company of, in connection with, along with, together, and”) + plicō (“to fold, wind, coil”); see plaid, and compare complex. See also Middle English complicate (“involved”).

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