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Principal Translations
Inglés		Español
red tape n	figurative, informal (bureaucracy)	trámites burocráticos nmpl + adj
	Prepare yourself for a lot of red tape when buying a house in Italy.
	Prepárate para una gran cantidad de trámites burocráticos cuando compres una casa en Italia.
	(coloquial)	papeleo nm
	Prepárate para una gran cantidad de papeleo cuando compres una casa en Italia.

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'red tape' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:

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Spanish:

expedienteo - formulismos - gestión - burocracia

In Lists: Tapes, Business expressions, more...

Synonyms: wait, inaction, roadblock, holdup, impediment, more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "red tape" in the title:

bureaucratic red tape
cut red tape
Cutting red tape
drowning in red tape
European Commission's red-tape snippers
Face red tape hurdle
get bogged down in red tape
red tape - legal
red tape / hacer papeleo
red tape and visas
red tape costs
Red Tape Finance - financial
to slash red tape
to wade through red plate [red tape]
tying imports up in red tape
Bogged down in red tape - English Only forum
bureaucracy vs red tape - English Only forum
cutting through red tape - English Only forum
High taxes and red tape - English Only forum
"mired in red tape" - English Only forum
Only the coverage of commentator Red Barber's death generated more tape requests, I have been told. - English Only forum
Origin of Red tape - English Only forum
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<the> red tape within the agency - English Only forum
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