paperassa

From paper +‎ -assa. Cognate with French paperasse.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.pəˈɾa.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pa.peˈɾa.sa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

paperassa f (plural paperasses)

1. a mass of documents, especially those required by bureaucratic authorities; paperwork, bumfodder

   Synonym: patracols

• “paperassa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007