contrabando

Galician

Etymology

From contra- +‎ bando.

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian contrabbando.

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

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

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “contrabando” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

contrabando m (plural contrabandos)

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

Derived terms

Further reading
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