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complicar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • complicate verb To make something more difficult or intricate than it needs to be.
  • scramble verb To move quickly and awkwardly, often using hands and feet, especially over rough ground.

Senses

complicar is used for these senses in English:

  • complicate (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
  • scramble (transitive, military, also by extension) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.

complicate — full definition

  1. verb To make something more difficult or intricate than it needs to be.
  2. verb (medicine) Of a condition, to develop alongside and worsen another illness.

scramble — full definition

  1. verb To move quickly and awkwardly, often using hands and feet, especially over rough ground.
  2. verb To mix eggs and cook them while stirring so they set in soft curds.
  3. verb To rush aircraft or personnel into action quickly in response to an emergency.
  4. noun A disorderly rush or struggle, especially to get or reach something.

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