contrabando

Galician

Etymology

From contra- +‎ bando.

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

  1. contraband, smuggled goods (goods)
  2. smuggling (activity)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian contrabbando.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈbɐ̃.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾaˈbɐ̃.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈbɐ̃.du/ [kõ.tɾɐˈβɐ̃.du]

  • Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ban‧do

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

  1. contraband (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
  2. (uncountable) the practice of smuggling

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ contrabando”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032025
  2. ^ contrabando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082025

Spanish

Etymology

From contrabanda, borrowed from Italian contrabando, from contra- +‎ bando.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈbando/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈβ̞ãn̪.d̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ando
  • Syllabification: con‧tra‧ban‧do

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

  1. contraband, smuggled goods (goods)
  2. smuggling (activity)
  3. bootleg, bootlegging

Derived terms

Further reading