embargo
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ
Noun edit
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 edit
- (blocking seaport activity): blockade (often metonymically synonymous)
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
|
|
|
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Verb edit
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[1]:
- Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament
Anagrams edit
Albanian edit
Noun edit
embargo f
Crimean Tatar edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
embargo
Declension edit
nominative | embargo |
---|---|
genitive | embargonıñ |
dative | embargoğa |
accusative | embargonı |
locative | embargoda |
ablative | embargodan |
References edit
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish embargo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
embargo n
- embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo (a ban on trade with another country)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | ||
genitive | ||
dative | ||
accusative | ||
vocative | ||
locative | ||
instrumental |
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Descendants edit
Esperanto edit
Noun edit
embargo (accusative singular embargon, plural embargoj, accusative plural embargojn)
Estonian edit
Noun edit
embargo (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
embargo
Declension edit
Inflection of embargo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
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. |
Further reading edit
- “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 2023-07-02
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
embargo m (plural embargos)
Further reading edit
- “embargo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ido edit
Noun edit
embargo (plural embargi)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch embargo, from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
embargo m (plural embarghi)
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Noun edit
embargo m (??? please provide the declension type!)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish embargo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go
Noun edit
embargo m (plural embargos)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
embargo n (plural embargouri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) embargo | embargoul | (niște) embargouri | embargourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) embargo | embargoului | (unor) embargouri | embargourilor |
vocative | embargoule | embargourilor |
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
embargo n
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
embargo m (plural embargos)
- embargo
- trade embargo
- distraint
- seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
- foreclosure
- repossession
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
embargo
Further reading edit
- “embargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Noun edit
embargo n
Declension edit
Declension of embargo | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | embargo | embargot | embargon | embargona |
Genitive | embargos | embargots | embargons | embargonas |