rubber stamp

• Carimbo é um dispositivo manual com relevo usado para marcar superfícies com tinta. Em sentido figurado, refere-se à aprovação automática ou formal de algo sem exame cuidadoso, especialmente em contextos burocráticos ou políticos.

A rubber stamp is a handheld device with a raised design or text used for imprinting ink onto surfaces. Figuratively, it refers to the act of approving or endorsing something automatically or without careful consideration, often in bureaucratic or political contexts.

1. Office toolA2formal

   A handheld device with a rubber surface used for printing ink onto paper, typically for signatures or dates.

   Carimbo

   • She used a rubber stamp to mark the documents as 'Approved'.
   • The office ordered new rubber stamps for the mail room.
   • He pressed the rubber stamp firmly onto the ink pad.

2. Automatic approvalB2informal

   A person or body that approves decisions without proper consideration or debate.

   Aprovação automática

   • The committee is just a rubber stamp for the director's decisions.
   • The parliament acted as a rubber stamp for the new law.
   • He felt like a rubber stamp, signing papers without any real input.