contrabando

Galician

Etymology

From contra- + bando.

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

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

Related terms

• contrabandear
• contrabandista

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

Borrowed from Italian contrabbando.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾaˈbɐ̃.du/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐˈbɐ̃.du/ [kõ.tɾɐˈβɐ̃.du]

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

• contrabandear
• contrabandista

Further reading

• “contrabando”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

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

• contrabandear
• contrabandista
• contrabando hormiga

Further reading

• “contrabando”, 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