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enrevesado

convoluted

adjective en-rreh-beh-SAH-doh Rare

Also means

tangled

Usage Note

Enrevesado describes something needlessly complicated or hard to follow — a plot, argument, or system. It is informal in register, closer to 'byzantine' or 'convoluted' than the neutral complejo. The feminine form is enrevesada.

Examples

"El contrato es muy enrevesado."

Natural Translation

The contract is very convoluted.

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