bandoban.dosm1 party, group, faction.
2 multitude, crowd, bunch.
3 gang, mob, group of mobsters or criminals.
4 group of soldiers or guerrillamen, cohort, host, horde, pack.
5 flock, band, flight, herd, covey:
bando de meninas / a bevy of girls:
bando de perdizes / a flock or flight of partridges:
eles vêm em bandos / they come in flocks (or floods).
6 proclamation.
Expressõestomar bando por alguém to side with someone.
tomar or
fazer bando por si to lead a faction or party.