Spanish term
United States
Dutch and Romance Language Expert
Native in: English 
, Dutch (Variants: Flemish, Netherlands)
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English, and 3 more.
entrabadora
| 4 +5 | obstructive |
philgoddard
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| 3 | hindered/obstructed |
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
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| 2 | cumbersome |
Adrian MM.
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Dec 30, 2019 15:16: Jessica Noyes changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Non-PRO (3): Chema Nieto Castañón, franglish, Jessica Noyes
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Proposed translations
United States
Six languages into flawless English
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 4 more.
obstructive
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Chema Nieto Castañón
: https://dle.rae.es/entrabar
1 hr
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| agree |
Marie Wilson
1 hr
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| agree |
Manuela Junghans
2 hrs
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| agree |
franglish
3 hrs
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| agree |
neilmac
: "Vuelva usted mañana" ....
5 hrs
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| neutral |
AllegroTrans
: Even with the short extract and not much context, I can't really see what is meant by "obstructive requirements"// OK, coud they not be "onerous" or "cumbersome", which is not the same as obstructive? You may be making 2+2=5 here
1 day 5 hrs
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I agree there's not much context, but the meaning is clearly red tape/obstacles
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Mexico
Confianza, certeza, creatividad.
Native in: Spanish (Variant: Mexican)
Works in: English to Spanish, Italian to Spanish, French to Spanish, and 6 more.
hindered/obstructed
https://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/search?source=auto&q...
https://www.linguee.com/english-spanish/translation/obstruct...
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
cumbersome
in context: por encima de las *condiciones* formalistas y entrabadoras > over and above formalistic and cumbersome requirements
cf. trabar > to thicken
trabarse > to become jammed or tangled up
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es-LA/dictionary/english-spanish/cumbersome
http://www.wordreference.com/es/en/translation.asp?spen=traba
| neutral |
AllegroTrans
: Not really sufficient context to gauge the intended meaning of this adjective
3 days 9 hrs
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I thought cumbersome comes within acceptable parameters of the source and collocates quite well with '(AmE) pesky conditions'.
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