complicate

complicar

Hacer que algo sea más difícil de realizar o de resolver.

En inglés sencillo: To make something harder to do or deal with.

• Extra rules complicate the task.
• The heavy rain complicated our journey.
• Will this change complicate matters further?

Cómo se usa: complicate something by doing something (They complicated the process by adding another form.)

Sinónimos: make harder

Antónimos: simplify

Expresiones frecuentes: complicate matters, complicate something further, complicate the process

complicar

Hacer que una explicación, idea o relato resulte más difícil de entender.

En inglés sencillo: To make an explanation, idea, or account harder to understand.

• Those details complicate the story.
• He complicated his explanation with unfamiliar words.
• Why complicate a simple answer?

Cómo se usa: complicate something with something (Do not complicate the explanation with technical terms.)

Sinónimos: make confusing

Antónimos: simplify, clarify

Expresiones frecuentes: complicate an explanation, complicate the story, complicate something with