complexar

Portuguese

Etymology

From complexo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.plekˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.plekˈsa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.plekˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.plekˈsa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.plekˈsa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.plekˈsa(ʁ)/ [kõ.plekˈsa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.plekˈsa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.plɛˈksaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.plɛˈksaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.plɛˈksa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: com‧ple‧xar

Verb

complexar (first-person singular present complexo, first-person singular preterite complexei, past participle complexado)

1. to complicate
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (chemistry) to complex

Conjugation

    Conjugation of complexar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	complexar
Personal	complexar	complexares	complexar	complexarmos	complexardes	complexarem
Gerund
	complexando
Past participle
Masculine	complexado			complexados
Feminine	complexada			complexadas
Indicative
Present	complexo	complexas	complexa	complexamos	complexais	complexam
Imperfect	complexava	complexavas	complexava	complexávamos	complexáveis	complexavam
Preterite	complexei	complexaste	complexou	complexamos1, complexámos2	complexastes	complexaram
Pluperfect	complexara	complexaras	complexara	complexáramos	complexáreis	complexaram
Future	complexarei	complexarás	complexará	complexaremos	complexareis	complexarão
Conditional	complexaria	complexarias	complexaria	complexaríamos	complexaríeis	complexariam
Subjunctive
Present	complexe	complexes	complexe	complexemos	complexeis	complexem
Imperfect	complexasse	complexasses	complexasse	complexássemos	complexásseis	complexassem
Future	complexar	complexares	complexar	complexarmos	complexardes	complexarem
Imperative
Affirmative		complexa	complexe	complexemos	complexai	complexem
Negative (não)		não complexes	não complexe	não complexemos	não complexeis	não complexem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• complexação

Further reading

• “complexar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “complexar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025