embargo
An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving portAn order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
» Do you think there's any possibility that the embargo will be lifted soon?
Meaning
4 sensesAn order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
Embargo, Beschlagnahme
эмба́ргоembárgo, блока́даblokáda
емба́ргоembárho
a government order imposing a trade barrier
A ban on trade with another country.
Embargo, Ausfuhrsperre, Handelsverbot
эмба́ргоembárgo
емба́ргоembárho
A temporary ban on making certain information public.
This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.
Verbot
эмба́ргоembárgo, запре́тzaprét
емба́ргоembárho
A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.
Examples
6 sentencesDo you think there's any possibility that the embargo will be lifted soon?
The U.S. is calling for an arms embargo against violators of the treaty.
Opposition to the embargo was growing.
deDer Widerstand gegen das Embargo wurde stärker. — Esperantostern
Venezuela is also under US embargo.
The US never imposed a trade embargo on Algeria.
Translations
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Origin
From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin iFrom Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).
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Forms
plural: embargoes / embargosSynonyms
3 synonyms- a government order imposing a trade barrier:trade embargotrade stoppage