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Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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I. complex [Am ˈkɑmplɛks, Brit ˈkɒmplɛks] ADJ

1. complex (complicated):

complex person/idea/issue/situation
complejo
complex person/idea/issue/situation
complicado

2. complex (intricate):

complex system/pattern/design
complejo

3. complex LING:

complex sentence/word
complejo

4. complex MATH:

complex number/variable
complejo

II. complex [Am ˈkɑmplɛks, Brit ˈkɒmplɛks] N

1. complex (buildings):

complex
complejo m
a sports/an industrial complex
un complejo deportivo/industrial

2. complex PSYCH:

complex
complejo m
she's got a complex about her stammer
tiene complejo por ser tartamuda
she's got a complex about her stammer
su tartamudez la tiene acomplejada
he's got a complex about spiders inf
les tiene fobia a las arañas

3. complex (set, series):

complex
serie f

superiority complex N

superiority complex
complejo m de superioridad

sports complex N

sports complex
polideportivo m

Oedipus complex N

Oedipus complex
complejo m de Edipo

persecution complex N

persecution complex
manía f persecutoria
persecution complex
manía f de persecución

guilt complex N PSYCH

guilt complex
complejo m de culpa

inferiority complex N

inferiority complex
complejo m de inferioridad

castration complex N

castration complex
complejo m de castración

cinema complex N

cinema complex
multicine m
cinema complex
multicines Spain
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complejo vacacional
vacation complex Am
complejo vacacional
holiday complex Brit

in the PONS Dictionary

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I. complex [ˈkɒmpleks, Am ˈkɑ:m-] -es ADJ

complex
complejo, -a

II. complex [ˈkɒmpleks, Am ˈkɑ:m-] -es N

1. complex PSYCH:

complex
complejo m
guilt/inferiority complex
complejo de culpabilidad/inferioridad
to have a complex about sth
estar acomplejado por algo
to give sb a complex
acomplejar a alguien
I've got a real complex about spiders
tengo verdadera fobia a las arañas

2. complex ARCHIT:

complex
complejo

persecution complex N no pl

persecution complex
manía f persecutoria

leisure complex N Brit

leisure complex
centro m recreativo

superiority complex N inf

superiority complex
complejo m de superioridad

inferiority complex <-es> N

inferiority complex
complejo m de inferioridad
vitamin complex
complejo m vitamínico
vitamin B complex
complejo vitamínico B
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complejo (-a)
complex
complejo
complex
complejo vitamínico
vitamin complex
complicado (-a) (persona)
complex
acomplejar
to give a complex
acomplejarse
to get a complex
in the PONS Dictionary
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I. complex [ˈkam·pleks] ADJ

complex
complejo, -a

II. complex <-es> [ˈkam·pleks] N

1. complex PSYCH:

complex
complejo m
guilt/inferiority complex
complejo de culpabilidad/inferioridad
to have a complex about sth
estar acomplejado por algo
to give sb a complex
acomplejar a alguien
I've got a real complex about spiders
tengo verdadera fobia a las arañas

2. complex ARCHIT:

complex
complejo

inferiority complex <-es> N

inferiority complex
complejo m de inferioridad

superiority complex N inf

superiority complex
complejo m de superioridad
persecution complex
manía f persecutoria
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complejo
complex
complejo (-a)
complex
acomplejar
to give (sb) a complex
acomplejar
to get a complex