kontrabando
kontrabándo with stress marks
contraband
Usage Note
Kontrabando is a Spanish loanword referring to smuggled or illegally traded goods. It frequently appears in news reports about customs violations, drug interdiction, and border control, and the related verb mag-kontrabando means to smuggle.
Examples
" Nahuli ang dalang kontrabando. "
Natural Translation
The carried contraband was caught.
Literal Translation
Caught the carried contraband.
" Nahuli ng mga awtoridad ang nagdadala ng kontrabando sa paliparan. "
Natural Translation
Authorities caught someone carrying contraband at the airport.
Literal Translation
Caught-by the authorities the one-carrying of contraband at-the airport.
" Mahigpit ang inspeksiyon sa pantalan dahil paulit-ulit na nadadakip ang mga taong nagpupuslit ng kontrabando mula sa ibang bansa. "
Natural Translation
The inspection at the port is strict because people smuggling contraband from other countries are repeatedly being caught.
Literal Translation
Strict the inspection at-the port because repeatedly being-caught the people smuggling of contraband from other country.
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