complexo

Galician

Adjective

complexo (feminine complexa, masculine plural complexos, feminine plural complexas)

  1. complex
    Synonym: difícil

Interlingua

Noun

complexo (plural complexos)

  1. complex, something consisting of many elements

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From complector +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

Verb

complexō (present infinitive complexāre, perfect active complexāvī, supine complexātum); first conjugation

  1. to encompass
  2. to embrace

Conjugation

References

  • complexo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • complexo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • Fortune's favourite: is, quem fortuna complexa est

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈplɛk.su/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõˈplɛk.so/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin complexus (embraced; surrounded), from complector (to encircle).

Adjective

complexo (feminine complexa, masculine plural complexos, feminine plural complexas)

  1. complex; intricate (having a great deal of fine detail or complexity)
    Antonym: simples
  2. complex; complicated (not simple or straightforward)
    Synonyms: complicado, difícil
    Antonyms: fácil, simple
  3. (mathematics) complex (of a number, involving the square root of -1)
  4. (grammar, of a clause’s subject or object) compound (composed of elements)
Coordinate terms

Noun

complexo m (plural complexos)

  1. compound (group of buildings situated close together)
  2. (psychology) complex (mental factors unconsciously associated with a subject)
Derived terms
  • complexozinho (diminutive)
  • complexo B

Etymology 2

Verb

complexo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of complexar