red tape

Significado (Inglés)

1. (uncountable) The binding tape once used for holding important documents together.
2. (idiomatic, metonymically, uncountable) Time-consuming regulations or bureaucratic procedures.

Conceptos

burocracia

papeleo

formalismo

procedimiento burocrático

formalidad burocrática

cinta roja

Sinónimos

bureaucracy

officialism

procrastination

red-tapism

bureaucratic procedure

officialdom

bureaucratism

bureaucratic bungling

bureaucratic routine

beadledom

departmentalism

desk jockey

busy-work

formalities

paperwork

procedure

process

runaround

Traducciones

Amtsschimmel

paperasserie

burocracia

γραφειοκρατία

burocrazia

bureaucratie

Bürokratismus

Impôt_papier

Tâches administratives

impôt papier

burocratismo

cavilli burocratici

lungaggini burocratiche

pedanteria burocratica

bureaucratie

Etimología (Inglés)

Alluding to the former practice of binding government documents in red-colored tape. First use appears c. 1658 in the publication Public Intelligencer. See cite below.