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complicated explanation

[ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd ɪkˈsplæneɪʃən]
noun phrasefemininepl: complicated explanations / explicações complicadas
explicação complicada
1. An explanation that is difficult to understand due to its complexity, intricacy, or unclear presentation
The professor's complicated explanation left most students confused.
A explicação complicada do professor deixou a maioria dos alunos confusa.
2. A convoluted or unnecessarily complex account of something that could be explained more simply
Instead of a complicated explanation, just tell me the simple truth.
Em vez de uma explicação complicada, apenas me diga a verdade simples.
NYC Slang
a whole thing / that whole spiel
Synonyms
complex explanationintricate explanationconvoluted explanationunclear explanation
Antonyms
simple explanationclear explanationstraightforward explanationeasy explanation

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
explicação complicada
Standard usage across Brazil
São Paulo
explicação complicada / explicação confusa
Commonly used in business and academic contexts
Rio de Janeiro
explicação complicada / explicação bagunçada
Informal alternative using 'bagunçada' (messy)
Portugal
explicação complicada / explicação intrincada
Formal Portuguese tends to use 'intrincada' (intricate)

Related Idioms & Phrases

beat around the bush
speak in riddles
make a mountain out of a molehill
lost in translation
talk in circles
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