papeleo

/papeˈleo/ · B1 · noun · m

paperwork

📄📚 papel = paper + -eo, the act of shuffling it: paper-ing

Built from papel (paper) plus the suffix -eo, which turns a noun into an ongoing activity, as in tecleo (typing) from tecla. Papeleo is all the paper-pushing a task demands: forms, stamps, signatures.

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