contrabando
Spanish, noun/kontɾaˈbando/
contrabando is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-N-D-O (11 letters) and appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,416th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrabando is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “contraband, smuggled goods (goods)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Comercio o producción de mercancías prohibidas por las leyes a los productores y mercaderes particulares”.
What does contrabando mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontraband, smuggled goods (goods)
- 2
masculinesmuggling (activity)
- 3
masculinebootleg, bootlegging
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Comercio o producción de mercancías prohibidas por las leyes a los productores y mercaderes particulares. 2. Géneros y mercaderías prohibidos. 3. Acción o intento de fabricar o introducir fraudulentamente dichos géneros. 4. Lo que es o tiene apariencia de ilícito, aunque no lo sea.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contrabando
- contrabandos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrabando?
- /kontɾaˈbando/
- [kõn̪.t̪ɾaˈβ̞ãn̪.d̪o]
- [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contrabando
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contrabando in Spanish?
contrabando appears 6.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).