embargo

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”). === 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. A temporary ban on making certain information public. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure. ==== Synonyms ==== (blocking seaport activity): blockade (often metonymically synonymous) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === 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. === Anagrams === Bergamo == Albanian == === Noun === embargo f embargo == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === From Spanish embargo. === Noun === embargo embargo. ==== Declension ==== ==== References ==== Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish embargo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɛmbarɡo] Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go === Noun === embargo n embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port) embargo (a ban on trade with another country) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “embargo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “embargo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɛmˈbɑr.ɣoː/ 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 ==== handelsembargo ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: embargo → Indonesian: embargo == Esperanto == === Etymology === Ultimately from Spanish embargo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /emˈbarɡo/ Rhymes: -arɡo Syllabification: em‧bar‧go === Noun === embargo (accusative singular embargon, plural embargoj, accusative plural embargojn) embargo == Estonian == === Etymology === From Spanish embargo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /emˈb̥ɑrɡ̊o/, [emˈb̥ɑrɡ̊o] Rhymes: -ɑrɡo Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go === Noun === embargo (genitive embargo, partitive embargot) embargo (ban on the export or import of goods) embargo (order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port) ==== Declension ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === embargo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “embargo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Finnish == === Etymology === From Spanish embargo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈembɑrɡo/, [ˈe̞mbɑ̝rɡo̞] Rhymes: -embɑrɡo Syllabification(key): em‧bar‧go Hyphenation(key): em‧bar‧go === Noun === embargo embargo ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “embargo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/ === Noun === embargo m (plural embargos) embargo === Further reading === “embargo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Ido == === Noun === embargo (plural embargi) embargo == 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) 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 ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “embargo”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), 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 === Noun === embargo m (plural embarghi) embargo === Anagrams === Bergamo, gambero == Latvian == === Noun === embargo m (??? please provide the declension type!) embargo == Lithuanian == === Noun === embárgo genitive singular of embárgas == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish embargo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛmˈbar.ɡɔ/ Rhymes: -arɡɔ Syllabification: em‧bar‧go === Noun === embargo n embargo (order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port) embargo (ban on trade with another country) embargo (temporary ban on making certain information public) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === embargo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN embargo in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go === Noun === embargo m (plural embargos) embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port) embargo (a ban on trade with another country) ==== Derived terms ==== sem embargo === Further reading === “embargo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “embargo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French embargo. === Noun === embargo n (plural embargouri) embargo ==== Declension ==== == Slovak == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈembarɡɔ] === Noun === embargo n embargo ==== 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, 2003–2026 == 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 ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== embargo first-person singular present indicative of embargar === Further reading === “embargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === embargo n embargo ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== handelsembargo oljeembargo vapenembargo === References === embargo in Svensk ordbok (SO) embargo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) embargo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)