contrabando
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Galician
Etymology
Noun
contrabando m (plural contrabandos)
- contraband, smuggled goods (goods)
- smuggling (activity)
Related terms
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian contrabbando.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ban‧do
Noun
contrabando m (plural contrabandos)
- contraband (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- (uncountable) the practice of smuggling
Derived terms
References
- ^ “contrabando”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “contrabando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
From contrabanda, borrowed from Italian contrabando, from contra- + bando.
Pronunciation
Noun
contrabando m (plural contrabandos)
- contraband, smuggled goods (goods)
- smuggling (activity)
- bootleg, bootlegging
Derived terms
Further reading
- “contrabando”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16