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

Related terms

• complexe

Latin

Alternative forms

• conplexō

Etymology

From complector +‎ -tō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔmˈpɫɛk.soː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [komˈplɛk.so]

Verb

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

1. to encompass
2. to embrace

Conjugation

   Conjugation of complexō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	complexō		complexās		complexat		complexāmus		complexātis		complexant
	imperfect	complexābam		complexābās		complexābat		complexābāmus		complexābātis		complexābant
	future	complexābō		complexābis		complexābit		complexābimus		complexābitis		complexābunt
	perfect	complexāvī		complexāvistī		complexāvit		complexāvimus		complexāvistis		complexāvērunt, complexāvēre
	pluperfect	complexāveram		complexāverās		complexāverat		complexāverāmus		complexāverātis		complexāverant
	future perfect	complexāverō		complexāveris		complexāverit		complexāverimus		complexāveritis		complexāverint
passive	present	complexor		complexāris, complexāre		complexātur		complexāmur		complexāminī		complexantur
	imperfect	complexābar		complexābāris, complexābāre		complexābātur		complexābāmur		complexābāminī		complexābantur
	future	complexābor		complexāberis, complexābere		complexābitur		complexābimur		complexābiminī		complexābuntur
	perfect	complexātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	complexātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	complexātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	complexem		complexēs		complexet		complexēmus		complexētis		complexent
	imperfect	complexārem		complexārēs		complexāret		complexārēmus		complexārētis		complexārent
	perfect	complexāverim		complexāverīs		complexāverit		complexāverīmus		complexāverītis		complexāverint
	pluperfect	complexāvissem		complexāvissēs		complexāvisset		complexāvissēmus		complexāvissētis		complexāvissent
passive	present	complexer		complexēris, complexēre		complexētur		complexēmur		complexēminī		complexentur
	imperfect	complexārer		complexārēris, complexārēre		complexārētur		complexārēmur		complexārēminī		complexārentur
	perfect	complexātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	complexātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		complexā		—		—		complexāte		—
	future	—		complexātō		complexātō		—		complexātōte		complexantō
passive	present	—		complexāre		—		—		complexāminī		—
	future	—		complexātor		complexātor		—		—		complexantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		complexāre			complexārī			complexāns			—
future		complexātūrum esse			complexātum īrī			complexātūrus			complexandus
perfect		complexāvisse			complexātum esse			—			complexātus
future perfect		—			complexātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		complexātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		complexandī		complexandō		complexandum		complexandō		complexātum		complexātū

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • Fortune's favourite: is, quem fortuna complexa est
    

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈplɛk.su/, /kõˈplɛ.ki.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈplɛk.su/, /kõˈplɛ.ki.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõˈplɛk.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõˈplɛ.ksu/

• 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

• (in mathematics): natural, inteiro, real

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

Related terms

• complexado
• complexão
• complexar
• complexidade
• complexidão
• complexificação
• complexificar
• complicação
• complicadamente
• complicado
• complicador
• complicar

Etymology 2

Verb

complexo

1. first-person singular present indicative of complexar

Further reading

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