complicar
Portuguese, verb/kõ.pliˈka(ʁ)/
complicar is spelled C-O-M-P-L-I-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Complicar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to complicate (to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dificultar”.
What does complicar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to complicate (to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult)
- 2
to become complicated
- 3
to become serious or grave
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. dificultar 2. embaraçar
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of complicar
- complico first-person present singular
- compliquei first-person preterite singular
- complicado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- complicares infinitive second-person singular
- complicarmos first-person infinitive plural
- complicardes infinitive plural second-person
- complicarem infinitive plural third-person
- complicando gerund
- complicados masculine participle past
- complicada feminine participle past
- complicadas feminine participle past
- complicas indicative present second-person
- complica indicative present singular
- complicamos first-person indicative plural
- complicais indicative plural present
- complicam indicative plural present
- complicava first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce complicar?
- Brazil /kõ.pliˈka(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kõ.pliˈka(h)]
- /kõ.pliˈka(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to complicar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is complicar in Portuguese?
complicar appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).