complicate

complicare

Rendere qualcosa più difficile da fare o una situazione più difficile da gestire.

In inglese semplice: 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?

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

Sinonimi: make harder

Contrari: simplify

Espressioni comuni: complicate matters, complicate something further, complicate the process

complicare

Rendere una spiegazione, un’idea o un racconto più difficile da capire.

In inglese semplice: 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?

Come si usa: complicate something with something (Do not complicate the explanation with technical terms.)

Sinonimi: make confusing

Contrari: simplify, clarify

Espressioni comuni: complicate an explanation, complicate the story, complicate something with