Usage Note
Formalidad can mean the quality of being formal or proper, a required procedural step (es solo una formalidad — it's just a formality), or in plural formalidades, the official requirements to complete a process. The phrase cumplir con las formalidades (to fulfil the formalities) is common in bureaucratic and legal contexts.
Examples
"Firmar el contrato es una mera formalidad."
Natural Translation
Signing the contract is a mere formality.

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