embargo
English
Etymology
From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - 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.
- A temporary ban on making certain information public.
- This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
- 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, 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;...
Synonyms
- (blocking seaport activity): blockade (often metonymically synonymous)
Derived terms
Translations
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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.
- 2023 July 4, “Introduction of the Lease Agreements for Retail Premises Bill”, in Ministry of Trade and Industry:
- Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament
Anagrams
Albanian
Crimean Tatar
Declension
nominative | embargo |
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genitive | embargonıñ |
dative | embargoğa |
accusative | embargonı |
locative | embargoda |
ablative | embargodan |
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛmbarɡo]
- Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go
Noun
embargo n
Declension
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛmˈbɑr.ɣoː/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go
Noun
embargo n (plural embargo's, diminutive embargootje n)
- embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo (ban on trade with another country)
- Synonym: handelsembargo
- embargo (temporary ban or restriction on making certain information public)
Derived terms
Esperanto
Estonian
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈembɑrɡo/, [ˈe̞mbɑ̝rɡo̞]
- Rhymes: -embɑrɡo
- Syllabification(key): em‧bar‧go
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 | ||
abessive | embargotta | embargoitta | ||
instructive | — | embargoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Further reading
- “embargo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “embargo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch embargo, from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛmˈbarɡo]
- Hyphenation: èm‧bar‧go
Noun
embargo (plural embargo-embargo, first-person possessive embargoku, second-person possessive embargomu, third-person possessive embargonya)
- embargo:
- an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
- a ban on trade with another country.
- a temporary ban on making certain information public.
Further reading
- “embargo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈbar.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -arɡo
- Hyphenation: em‧bàr‧go
Latvian
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛmˈbar.ɡɔ/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -arɡɔ
- Syllabification: em‧bar‧go
Noun
embargo n
Declension
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbaʁ.ɡu/ [ẽˈbaɦ.ɡu], (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbaʁ.ɡu/ [ĩˈbaɦ.ɡu]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbaɾ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbaɾ.ɡu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbaʁ.ɡu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbaʁ.ɡu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈbaɻ.ɡo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈbaɻ.ɡo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ẽˈbaɾ.ɡu/ [ẽˈbaɾ.ɣu]
- Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go
Romanian
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈembarɡɔ]
Declension
Further reading
- “embargo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /emˈbaɾɡo/ [ẽmˈbaɾ.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -aɾɡo
- Syllabification: em‧bar‧go
Etymology 1
Deverbal from embargar.
Noun
embargo m (plural embargos)
- embargo
- trade embargo
- distraint
- seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
- foreclosure
- repossession
Derived terms
Further reading
- “embargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014