compliquer

complicate, make difficult

verb kohm-plee-KEH Less Common

Origin: Latin complicare

Usage Note

Compliquer means to make something more complicated; the reflexive se compliquer means to become complicated or to make things harder for oneself. Ne complique pas les choses — don't complicate things. The adjective compliqué is very common in everyday French to describe something or someone difficult. Compliquer la vie à quelqu'un means to make someone's life difficult.

Examples

"Ne complique pas les choses inutilement."

Natural Translation

Don't complicate things unnecessarily.

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