contrabandear

Portuguese

Etymology

From contrabando +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(ʁ)/ [kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾa.bɐ̃.deˈa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ̃ˈdjaɾ/ [kõ.tɾɐ.βɐ̃ˈdjaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ̃ˈdjaɾ/ [kõ.tɾɐ.βɐ̃ˈdjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ̃ˈdja.ɾi/ [kõ.tɾɐ.βɐ̃ˈdja.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: con‧tra‧ban‧de‧ar

Verb

contrabandear (first-person singular present contrabandeio, first-person singular preterite contrabandeei, past participle contrabandeado)

1. (intransitive) to smuggle (to import or export illicitly)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrabandear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	contrabandear
Personal	contrabandear	contrabandeares	contrabandear	contrabandearmos	contrabandeardes	contrabandearem
Gerund
	contrabandeando
Past participle
Masculine	contrabandeado			contrabandeados
Feminine	contrabandeada			contrabandeadas
Indicative
Present	contrabandeio	contrabandeias	contrabandeia	contrabandeamos	contrabandeais	contrabandeiam
Imperfect	contrabandeava	contrabandeavas	contrabandeava	contrabandeávamos	contrabandeáveis	contrabandeavam
Preterite	contrabandeei	contrabandeaste	contrabandeou	contrabandeamos1, contrabandeámos2	contrabandeastes	contrabandearam
Pluperfect	contrabandeara	contrabandearas	contrabandeara	contrabandeáramos	contrabandeáreis	contrabandearam
Future	contrabandearei	contrabandearás	contrabandeará	contrabandearemos	contrabandeareis	contrabandearão
Conditional	contrabandearia	contrabandearias	contrabandearia	contrabandearíamos	contrabandearíeis	contrabandeariam
Subjunctive
Present	contrabandeie	contrabandeies	contrabandeie	contrabandeemos	contrabandeeis	contrabandeiem
Imperfect	contrabandeasse	contrabandeasses	contrabandeasse	contrabandeássemos	contrabandeásseis	contrabandeassem
Future	contrabandear	contrabandeares	contrabandear	contrabandearmos	contrabandeardes	contrabandearem
Imperative
Affirmative		contrabandeia	contrabandeie	contrabandeemos	contrabandeai	contrabandeiem
Negative (não)		não contrabandeies	não contrabandeie	não contrabandeemos	não contrabandeeis	não contrabandeiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “contrabandear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From contrabando +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontɾabandeˈaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪ɾa.β̞ãn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tra‧ban‧de‧ar

Verb

contrabandear (first-person singular present contrabandeo, first-person singular preterite contrabandeé, past participle contrabandeado)

1. (intransitive) to smuggle

   Synonym: pasar de contrabando

Conjugation

    Conjugation of contrabandear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			contrabandear
gerund			contrabandeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		contrabandeado		contrabandeada
		plural		contrabandeados		contrabandeadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrabandeo	contrabandeastú contrabandeásvos	contrabandea	contrabandeamos	contrabandeáis	contrabandean
	imperfect	contrabandeaba	contrabandeabas	contrabandeaba	contrabandeábamos	contrabandeabais	contrabandeaban
	preterite	contrabandeé	contrabandeaste	contrabandeó	contrabandeamos	contrabandeasteis	contrabandearon
	future	contrabandearé	contrabandearás	contrabandeará	contrabandearemos	contrabandearéis	contrabandearán
	conditional	contrabandearía	contrabandearías	contrabandearía	contrabandearíamos	contrabandearíais	contrabandearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	contrabandee	contrabandeestú contrabandeésvos2	contrabandee	contrabandeemos	contrabandeéis	contrabandeen
	imperfect (ra)	contrabandeara	contrabandearas	contrabandeara	contrabandeáramos	contrabandearais	contrabandearan
	imperfect (se)	contrabandease	contrabandeases	contrabandease	contrabandeásemos	contrabandeaseis	contrabandeasen
	future1	contrabandeare	contrabandeares	contrabandeare	contrabandeáremos	contrabandeareis	contrabandearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		contrabandeatú contrabandeávos	contrabandee	contrabandeemos	contrabandead	contrabandeen
	negative		no contrabandees	no contrabandee	no contrabandeemos	no contrabandeéis	no contrabandeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of contrabandear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive contrabandear
	dative	contrabandearme	contrabandearte	contrabandearle, contrabandearse	contrabandearnos	contrabandearos	contrabandearles, contrabandearse
	accusative	contrabandearme	contrabandearte	contrabandearlo, contrabandearla, contrabandearse	contrabandearnos	contrabandearos	contrabandearlos, contrabandearlas, contrabandearse
with gerund contrabandeando
	dative	contrabandeándome	contrabandeándote	contrabandeándole, contrabandeándose	contrabandeándonos	contrabandeándoos	contrabandeándoles, contrabandeándose
	accusative	contrabandeándome	contrabandeándote	contrabandeándolo, contrabandeándola, contrabandeándose	contrabandeándonos	contrabandeándoos	contrabandeándolos, contrabandeándolas, contrabandeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative contrabandea
	dative	contrabandéame	contrabandéate	contrabandéale	contrabandéanos	not used	contrabandéales
	accusative	contrabandéame	contrabandéate	contrabandéalo, contrabandéala	contrabandéanos	not used	contrabandéalos, contrabandéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative contrabandeá
	dative	contrabandeame	contrabandeate	contrabandeale	contrabandeanos	not used	contrabandeales
	accusative	contrabandeame	contrabandeate	contrabandealo, contrabandeala	contrabandeanos	not used	contrabandealos, contrabandealas
with formal second-person singular imperative contrabandee
	dative	contrabandéeme	not used	contrabandéele, contrabandéese	contrabandéenos	not used	contrabandéeles
	accusative	contrabandéeme	not used	contrabandéelo, contrabandéela, contrabandéese	contrabandéenos	not used	contrabandéelos, contrabandéelas
with first-person plural imperative contrabandeemos
	dative	not used	contrabandeémoste	contrabandeémosle	contrabandeémonos	contrabandeémoos	contrabandeémosles
	accusative	not used	contrabandeémoste	contrabandeémoslo, contrabandeémosla	contrabandeémonos	contrabandeémoos	contrabandeémoslos, contrabandeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative contrabandead
	dative	contrabandeadme	not used	contrabandeadle	contrabandeadnos	contrabandeaos	contrabandeadles
	accusative	contrabandeadme	not used	contrabandeadlo, contrabandeadla	contrabandeadnos	contrabandeaos	contrabandeadlos, contrabandeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative contrabandeen
	dative	contrabandéenme	not used	contrabandéenle	contrabandéennos	not used	contrabandéenles, contrabandéense
	accusative	contrabandéenme	not used	contrabandéenlo, contrabandéenla	contrabandéennos	not used	contrabandéenlos, contrabandéenlas, contrabandéense

Related terms

• contrabandista

 

See also

• traficar

Further reading

• “contrabandear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28