complicado
Spanish, adjective/kompliˈkado/
complicado is spelled C-O-M-P-L-I-C-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish, the 2,980th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complicado is a Spanish adjective meaning “complicated, complex, convoluted, involved, tricky, difficult, elaborate, cumbersome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of complicar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Muy difícil, escabroso, intrincado, enredado o trabajoso”.
What does complicado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
complicated, complex, convoluted, involved, tricky, difficult, elaborate, cumbersome
El tema es complicado.
- 2
messy, sticky, awkward (e.g. a messy breakup or divorce, a messy political dispute, an awkward or sticky situation)
verb
- 1
past participle of complicar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de complicar.
adjective: 1. Muy difícil, escabroso, intrincado, enredado o trabajoso.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of complicado
- complicada feminine
- complicados masculine plural
- complicadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce complicado?
- /kompliˈkado/
- [kõm.pliˈka.ð̞o]
- [kõmpliˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to complicado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complicado in Spanish?
complicado appears 28 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).