bureaucracy

the system of rules and procedures that a government or organization uses to make decisions and do its work

burocracia, sistema administrativo

• a bureaucracy

Collocations red tape (of bureaucracy) · streamline a bureaucracy

• The new law aims to reduce red tape in the government's bureaucracy.

  La nueva ley busca reducir la burocracia en el gobierno.

the people who work for a government or organization and are responsible for making decisions according to the rules of that system

funcionarios, burocracia (en sentido figurado)

• the bureaucracy

Collocations bureaucrats in charge of a department · a meeting with the bureaucracy

• The bureaucrats are often criticized for being slow and inefficient.

  Los funcionarios suelen ser criticados por ser lentos e ineficientes.