Meaning
to smuggle
- To import or export goods illegally without paying customs duties
In a sentence
Hanno cercato di contrabbandare sigarette oltre il confine.
They tried to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
Chi contrabbanda merci illegali rischia una pena molto severa.
Anyone who smuggles illegal goods faces a very severe sentence.
Non sapevano che l'uomo stesse contrabbandando opere d'arte.
They didn't know that the man was smuggling works of art.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| contrabbandare | infinitive |
| contrabbando | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| contrabbandi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbanda | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contrabbandiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbandate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbandano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contrabbandavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contrabbandavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbandava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contrabbandavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbandavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbandavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contrabbandai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| contrabbandasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbandò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| contrabbandammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbandaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbandarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| contrabbanderò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| contrabbanderai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbanderà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| contrabbanderemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbanderete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbanderanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| contrabbandi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| contrabbandi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbandi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contrabbandiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbandiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbandino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contrabbandassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| contrabbandassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbandasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| contrabbandassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbandaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbandassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| contrabbanderei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| contrabbanderesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbanderebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| contrabbanderemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbandereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbanderebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| contrabbanda | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| contrabbandiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| contrabbandate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| contrabbandando | gerund |
| contrabbandato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes 'avere' in compound tenses. The related noun for smuggler is 'contrabbandiere'.