Usage Note
Formalità is invariable in the plural (like all Italian nouns ending in -tà): le formalità = the formalities. It is used in bureaucratic (formalità burocratiche) and social contexts. The phrase è solo una formalità (it's just a formality) is extremely common.
Examples
"Dobbiamo sbrigare alcune formalità doganali."
Natural Translation
We need to take care of some customs formalities.

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