complicado
/kompliˈkado/ · A2 · adj
complicated, complex, convoluted, involved, tricky, difficult, elaborate, cumbersome
🪢 complicado = com (together) + plicare (to fold): folded together
From Latin complicare, to fold together. Same root as English complicated, so the meaning carries over directly. Something with many folds is hard to undo: tricky, involved, messy. Spanish also uses it for awkward situations and people.