embargo

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
• (RP) IPA: /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/

Noun

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.

Translations

• French: embargo
• German: Embargo, Beschlagnahme
• Portuguese: embargo, bloqueio
• Russian: эмба́рго
• Spanish: embargo

Translations

• French: embargo
• German: Embargo, Ausfuhrsperre, Handelsverbot, Handelsembargo
• Portuguese: embargo
• Russian: эмба́рго
• Spanish: embargo

Translations

• German: Verbot
• Russian: эмба́рго

Verb

embargo (embargoes, present participle embargoing; 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.

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