embargo

em·bar·go  (m-bärg)

n. pl. em·bar·goes

1. A government order prohibiting the movement of merchant ships into or out of its ports.

2. A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation.

3. A prohibition; a ban: an embargo on criticism.

tr.v. em·bar·goed, em·bar·go·ing, em·bar·goes

To impose an embargo on.

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[Spanish, from embargar, to impede, from Vulgar Latin *imbarricre, to barricade : Latin in-, in; see en-¹ + Vulgar Latin *barricre, to barricade (from *barrca, barrel, barrier, from *barra, bar, barrier).]

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embargo

Noun

pl -goes

an order by a government or international body prohibiting trade with a country: the world trade embargo against Iraq

Verb

[-going, -goed]

to place an official prohibition on [Spanish]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	embargo - a government order imposing a trade barrier trade embargo, trade stoppage import barrier, trade barrier - any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
Verb	1.	embargo - ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications" ban, censor - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
	2.	embargo - prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya" kibosh, stop, block, halt - stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

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embargo

noun 1. ban, bar, block, barrier, restriction, boycott, restraint, check, prohibition, moratorium, stoppage, impediment, blockage, hindrance, interdiction, interdict, proscription, rahui N.Z.

verb 2. block, stop, bar, ban, restrict, boycott, check, prohibit, impede, blacklist, proscribe, ostracize, debar, interdict

Translations

embargo [pl embargoes] [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] n → prohibición f;

(COMM, NAUT) → embargo;

to put an embargo on sth → poner un embargo en algo

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embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] [embargoes , pl ] n (Comm, Naut) → embargo m (= prohibition); interdiction f

vt → frapper d'embargo, mettre l'embargo sur;

to put an embargo on sth → mettre l'embargo sur qch

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embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] [embargoes , pl ] n → Embargo nt

vt → mit einem Embargo belegen;

to put or impose or place an embargo on sth → ein Embargo über etw acc verhängen;

to lift an embargo → ein Embargo aufheben

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embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəu] n [pl embargoes] (COMM, NAUT) → embargo

vt → mettere l'embargo su;

to put an embargo on sth → mettere l'embargo su qc