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Sentence

El argumento es complicado.

Pronunciation

pronunciation

Translation

The plot is complicated.

Notes

El argumento, en este caso, es la historia o la trama de un libro, película u obra de teatro.



Analysis


el
     1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the
     2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a':
argumento
     1. n-m. argument
     2. n-m. plot, story line
     3. v. first-person singular present indicative of argumentar
     argumentar
          1. v. to dispute
          2. v. to argue (make a case for a point of view)
es
     1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is
     2. n. plural of e
     ser
          1. v. to be (essentially or identified as)
          2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense)
          3. v. to exist; to occur
          4. n-m. a being, organism
          5. n-m. nature, essence
          6. n-m. value, worth
     e
          1. conj. and
complicado
     1. adj. complicated, complex, convoluted, involved, tricky, difficult, elaborate, cumbersome
     2. adj. messy, sticky, awkward (e.g. a messy breakup or divorce, a messy political dispute, an awkward or sticky situation)
     3. Participle. past participle of complicar
     complicar
          1. v. to complicate
          2. v. to get complicated, to get messy
          3. v. to make it harder or more difficult for oneself




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