smuggle

Senso (Inglese)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To import or export, illicitly or by stealth, without paying lawful customs charges or duties
2. (transitive) To bring in surreptitiously
3. (obsolete, transitive) To fondle or cuddle.
4. (slang) To thrash or be thrashed by a bear's claws, or to swipe at or be swiped at by a person's arms in a bearlike manner.

Concetti

contrabbandare

contrabbando

sinonimi

sneak

run

bootleg

cover up

entrain

hide

pocket

runner

🏃

slip

smuggling

tuck away

take secretly

be covert

illegal goods

bring secretly

owling

conceal

contraband

Traduzioni

contrabandear

schmuggeln

smokkelen

contrabandear

κάνω λαθρεμπόριο

passer en contrebande

faire de la contrebande

λαθραία

pasar de contrabando

kaçakçılık yapmak

schleusen

contrebande

εισάγω λαθρέως

fer de contraban

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsmʌɡəl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine saterfriesisch: smuggelje

Affine frisone occidentale: smokkelje

Affine tedesco: schmuggeln

Affine danese: smugle

Affine svedese: smuggla

Affine islandese: smjúga

Affine svedese: smyga

Affine tedesco: schmiegen

Affine inglese antico: smēogan

In summary

From earlier smuckle, either from Dutch smokkelen (“to smuggle”), a frequentative form of Middle Dutch smūken (“to act secretly, be sneaky”), from Old Dutch *smugan, or from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German smuggeln; all are from Proto-West Germanic *smeugan (“to creep; slip through or into”).
cognates and related terms
Cognate with Saterland Frisian smuggelje (“to smuggle”), West Frisian smokkelje (“to smuggle”), German Low German smuggeln, smuckeln (“to move insidiously, smuggle”), German schmuggeln (“to smuggle”), Danish smugle (“to smuggle”), Swedish smuggla (“to smuggle”). Related also to Icelandic smjúga (“to creep, penetrate”), Swedish smyga (“to sneak, slip, crawl, lurk, steal”), German schmiegen (“to nestle, wrap, snuggle”), Old English smēogan, smūgan (“to creep, crawl, move gradually, penetrate”).