embargo
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ
Noun
embargo (plural embargoes or embargos)
- An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
- 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.
- 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
- A temporary ban on making certain information public.
- This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
Translations
an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port
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a ban on trade with another country
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a temporary ban on making certain information public
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Verb
embargo (third-person singular simple present embargoes, present participle embargoing, simple past and past participle embargoed)
- (transitive) To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
- (transitive) To impose an embargo on a document.
Crimean Tatar
Declension
Declension of embargo
nominative | embargo |
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genitive | embargonıñ |
dative | embargoğa |
accusative | embargonı |
locative | embargoda |
ablative | embargodan |
Czech
Noun
embargo n
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go
Esperanto
Finnish
Declension
Inflection of embargo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | embargo | embargot | |
genitive | embargon | embargojen | |
partitive | embargoa | embargoja | |
illative | embargoon | embargoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | embargo | embargot | |
accusative | nom. | embargo | embargot |
gen. | embargon | ||
genitive | embargon | embargojen | |
partitive | embargoa | embargoja | |
inessive | embargossa | embargoissa | |
elative | embargosta | embargoista | |
illative | embargoon | embargoihin | |
adessive | embargolla | embargoilla | |
ablative | embargolta | embargoilta | |
allative | embargolle | embargoille | |
essive | embargona | embargoina | |
translative | embargoksi | embargoiksi | |
instructive | — | embargoin | |
abessive | embargotta | embargoitta | |
comitative | — | embargoineen |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “embargo” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛmˈbar.ɡɔ/
Audio (file)
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
See embargar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈbarɡo/, [ẽmˈbarɣo]
- Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go
Noun
embargo m (plural embargos)
- embargo
- trade embargo
- distraint
- seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
- foreclosure
- repossession
Derived terms
Swedish
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