simplificar

to simplify

verb seem-plee-fee-KAHR Rare

Usage Note

Simplificar means to make something less complex; spelling note: the c changes to qu before e in conjugation (simplifiqué, simplifiquemos). The noun is simplificación. The pejorative simplificar en exceso ('to oversimplify') is a common collocation in academic and journalistic writing.

Examples

"Hay que simplificar el proceso para todos."

Natural Translation

The process needs to be simplified for everyone.

Literal Translation

There-is-that simplify the process for everyone.

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