Meaning
complicated
- complicated, difficult, elaborate, tricky
In a sentence
Questo esercizio è più complicato del solito.
This exercise is more complicated than usual.
Perché fai tutto così complicato?
Why do you make everything so complicated?
Il viaggio non è stato complicato, per fortuna.
The trip wasn't complicated, luckily.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| complicato | masculine · singular |
| complicata | feminine · singular |
| complicati | masculine · plural |
| complicate | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use complicato for situations, explanations, or systems; for a difficult person, difficile is usually more natural.
- It agrees in gender and number: complicato, complicata, complicati, complicate.
- More everyday than elaborato when talking about something hard to understand; elaborato often suggests detailed or sophisticated.