contrabandista

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish contrabandista and Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese contrabandista.

Noun

contrabandista (plural contrabandistas)

1. A contrabandist in Spain, Portugal, or Latin America.

Catalan

Etymology

From contraban +‎ -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˌko̞n.tɾə.βənˈdis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌkɔn.tɾə.bənˈdis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌkɔn.tɾə.βənˈdis.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌkon.tɾa.banˈdis.ta]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˌkon.tɾa.βanˈdis.ta]

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Noun

contrabandista m or f by sense (plural contrabandistes)

1. smuggler

Further reading

• “contrabandista”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “contrabandista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “contrabandista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “contrabandista”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician contra-

Galician bando

Galician contrabando

Galician -ista

Galician contrabandista

From contrabando + -ista.

Noun

contrabandista m or f by sense (plural contrabandistas)

1. smuggler; contrabandist (one who smuggles things)

Further reading

• “contrabandista”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Proto-Indo-European *-teros

Proto-Italic *-teros

Proto-Italic *komterosder.

Proto-Italic *komterād

Latin contrader.

Italian contra-

Italian bando

Italian contrabbandobor.

Portuguese contrabando

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Portuguese -ista

Portuguese contrabandista

From contrabando + -ista.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃ˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃ˈd͡ʒis.tɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃ˈd͡ʒiʃ.tɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ̃ˈdiʃ.tɐ/ [kõ.tɾɐ.βɐ̃ˈdiʃ.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ̃ˈdiʃ.tɐ/ [kõ.tɾɐ.βɐ̃ˈdiʃ.tɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ̃ˈdiʃ.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ban‧dis‧ta

Noun

contrabandista m or f by sense (plural contrabandistas)

1. smuggler; contrabandist (one who smuggles things)

Further reading

• “contrabandista”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “contrabandista”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish contrabando

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istalbor.

Spanish -ista

Spanish contrabandista

From contrabando + -ista.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾabanˈdista/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.β̞ãn̪ˈd̪is.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ista
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧ban‧dis‧ta

Noun

contrabandista m or f by sense (plural contrabandistas)

1. smuggler, contrabandist, bootlegger

Related terms

• contrabandear

Further reading

• “contrabandista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025