contrabando
Portuguese, noun/kõ.tɾaˈbɐ̃.du/
contrabando is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-N-D-O (11 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contrabando is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “contraband (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de transportar materiais para dentro de um país de forma ilegal, evitando o pagamento de impostos ou para…”.
What does contrabando mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecontraband (goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods)
- 2
masculinethe practice of smuggling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato de transportar materiais para dentro de um país de forma ilegal, evitando o pagamento de impostos ou para comercializar produtos proibidos no país 2. o mesmo que candonga 3. o produto contrabandeado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contrabando
- contrabandos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contrabando?
- Brazil /kõ.tɾaˈbɐ̃.du/
- Portugal /kõ.tɾɐˈbɐ̃.du/
- Portugal [kõ.tɾɐˈβɐ̃.du]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (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 Portuguese?
contrabando appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).