contrabando

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Galician

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Etymology

From contra- +‎ bando.

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

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

Portuguese

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian contrabbando.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

  • 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, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “contrabando”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kontɾaˈbando/
  • 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

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