English → Arabic
complicated in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- muʿaqqad
- Arabizi
mu3aqqad- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Root
- ع ق د
How to use it
"معقَّد" describes something with many interwoven parts or difficult to understand. It is a masculine adjective; for feminine nouns use "معقَّدة". Often used for technical, academic, or emotional contexts.
Example sentences
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المَسْأَلَةُ مُعَقَّدَةٌ وَتَحْتَاجُ إِلَى تَفْسِيرٍ
al-masʾalatu muʿaqqadatun wa taḥtāju ilā tafsīrin
The problem is complicated and needs interpretation
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الْقِصَّةُ المُعَقَّدَةُ صَعِبَتْ عَلَى القُرَّاءِ الفَهْمَ
al-qiṣṣatu al-muʿaqqadatu ṣaʿibat ʿala al-qurrāʾi al-fahma
The complicated story made it hard for readers to understand
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النِّظَامُ المُعَقَّدُ يَتَطَلَّبُ صِيَانَةً دَقِيقَةً
al-niẓāmu al-muʿaqqadu yatataṭallabu ṣiyānan daqīqatan
The complicated system requires precise maintenance
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Arabic isn't complicated.
العربيّة ليست معقّدة.
It's a complicated story.
إنّها قصة معقّدة.
We mourn women, complicated.
نحن ننتحب على النساء.. انه امرٌ معقد
It's more complicated than that.
الأمر أكثر تعقيدا.
My language is very complicated.
لغتي معقدة للغاية.
Take a more complicated example.
خذ مثالاً أكثر تعقيدًا.
The problems are too complicated.
فالمشاكل بالغة التعقيد، والموارد شحيحة للغاية.
Fadil had a complicated love life.
كانت لدى فاضل حياة عاطفيّة معقّدة.
Computers are complicated machines.
الحواسيب آلات معقدة.
Samantha Power on a complicated hero
سامنثا باور تتحدث عن بطل صفاته مُعقدة
And it's also, although the brain looks very complicated, things look complicated until you understand them.
و بالرغم من أنه يبدو معقداً جداً, الأشياء تبدو معقدة حتى تفهمها.
Haiti has a complicated system of land inheritance and titling, complicated by various past programmes in land reform.
وتطبق هايتي نظاما معقدا لوراثة الأرض وسندات الملكية زادت من تعقيده مختلف برامج الإصلاح الزراعي السابقة.
Questions and answers
Can "معقَّد" describe a person?
Yes, you can say "شخص معقَّد" to mean a person with a complex character.
Is there a short synonym?
A shorter synonym is "صَعْب" (hard), but it lacks the nuance of many parts.
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