embargo

From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra. More at embarrass.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

embargo (plural embargoes or embargos)

1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
2. A ban on trade with another country.
   • 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

     Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.

3. A temporary ban on making certain information public.

   This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

4. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 1000392275, page 44:

     They were delighted with the idea of their mamma having forgiven Louisa, but sorry, she thought, such a public proof of her pardon necessary as that of giving a party; for the sisters well knew how great an embargo it would lay on the purses of Helen and Georgiana;...

• Bat-embargo

embargo (third-person singular simple present embargoes, present participle embargoing, simple past and past participle embargoed)

1. (transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
2. (transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.

• Bergamo

embargo f

1. embargo

From Spanish embargo.

embargo

1. embargo.

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

From Spanish embargo.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛmbarɡo]
• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

embargo n

1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

• embargo in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• embargo in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛmˈbɑr.ɣoː/

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• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

embargo n (plural embargo's, diminutive embargootje n)

1. embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)

   Synonym: handelsembargo

3. embargo (temporary ban or restriction on making certain information public)

• handelsembargo

• Afrikaans: embargo
• → Indonesian: embargo

embargo (accusative singular embargon, plural embargoj, accusative plural embargojn)

1. embargo

embargo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. embargo

From Spanish embargo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈembɑrɡo/, [ˈe̞mbɑrɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -embɑrɡo
• Syllabification^(key): em‧bar‧go

embargo

1. embargo

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/

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embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo

• “embargo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

embargo (plural embargi)

1. embargo

From Dutch embargo, from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.

• IPA^(key): [ɛmˈbarɡo]
• Hyphenation: èm‧bar‧go

embargo (plural embargo-embargo, first-person possessive embargoku, second-person possessive embargomu, third-person possessive embargonya)

1. embargo:
   1. an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
   2. a ban on trade with another country.
   3. a temporary ban on making certain information public.

• “embargo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

• IPA^(key): /emˈbar.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -arɡo
• Hyphenation: em‧bàr‧go

embargo m (plural embarghi)

1. embargo

• Bergamo, gambero

embargo m (^??? please provide the declension type!)

1. embargo

Borrowed from Spanish embargo.

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbar.ɡɔ/

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• Rhymes: -arɡɔ
• Syllabification: em‧bar‧go

embargo n

1. embargo (order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)
3. embargo (temporary ban on making certain information public)

• embargo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• embargo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

From French embargo.

embargo n (plural embargouri)

1. embargo

embargo n

1. embargo

See embargar.

• IPA^(key): /emˈbaɾɡo/ [ẽmˈbaɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Syllabification: em‧bar‧go

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo
2. trade embargo
3. distraint
4. seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
5. foreclosure
6. repossession

• sin embargo

• embargar

embargo

1. first-person singular present indicative of embargar

• “embargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

embargo n

1. embargo