complexo

complexo

Galician

Adjective

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

  1. complex
    Synonym: difícil

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /komˈplek.so/

Noun

complexo (plural complexos)

  1. complex, something consisting of many elements

Further reading

  • Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

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

     

    • Rhymes: -ɛksu
    • Hyphenation: com‧ple‧xo

    Etymology 1

    Learned borrowing 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

    Further reading