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embargo

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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.

[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).]

embargo [ɛmˈbɑːgəʊ]
n pl -goes
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any legal stoppage of commerce an embargo on arms shipments
3. a restraint, hindrance, or prohibition
vb -goes, -going, -goed (tr)
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to lay an embargo upon
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to seize for use by the state
[from Spanish, from embargar, from Latin im- + barra bar1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.embargoembargo - a government order imposing a trade barrier
import barrier, trade barrier - any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
Verb1.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"

embargo
noun
verb
block, stop, bar, ban, restrict, boycott, check, prohibit, impede, blacklist, proscribe, ostracize, debar, interdict They embargoed oil shipments to the US.
Translations
embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəʊ]
A. N (embargoes (pl)) (Comm, Naut) → embargo m; (= prohibition) → prohibición f (on de) there is an embargo on armsestá prohibido comerciar con armas, hay un embargo del comercio de armas
there is an embargo on that subjectestá prohibido discutir ese asunto
to lift an embargolevantar un embargo or una prohibición
to put an embargo on sthestablecer un embargo sobre algo, embargar algo (fig) (= prohibit) → prohibir algo
to be under (an) embargoestar embargado
B. VTprohibir (Jur) → embargar

embargo [ɪmˈbɑːrgəʊ] [embargoes] (pl)
nembargo m
an embargo against sb → un embargo contre qn
an embargo on sb → un embargo sur qn
an embargo on sth [+ trade, exports, sales] → un embargo sur qch
to put an embargo on sth, to impose an embargo on sth → mettre l'embargo sur qch
to lift an embargo → lever un embargo trade embargo, arms embargo, oil embargo, economic embargo
vt [+ goods] → mettre l'embargo sur

embargo
n pl <-es>
Embargo nt(against gegen); oil/arms/trade embargoÖl-/Waffen-/Handelsembargo nt; to impose or place or put an embargo on somethingetw mit einem Embargo belegen, ein Embargo über etw (acc)verhängen; to lift an embargo on somethingein Embargo über etw (acc)aufheben; the country is under an economic embargoüber das Land wurde ein Wirtschaftsembargo verhängt
(fig)Sperre f; to put an embargo on further spendingalle weiteren Ausgaben sperren
vt trade, goodsmit einem Embargo belegen

embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəʊ] n (-es (pl))
1. (Comm, Naut) → embargo
to put an embargo on sth → mettere l'embargo su qc
2. vtmettere l'embargo su

embargo [ɪmˈbɑːgəʊ] n (-es (pl))
1. (Comm, Naut) → embargo
to put an embargo on sth → mettere l'embargo su qc
2. vtmettere l'embargo su

embargo
n embargo [imˈbaːgəu]
an official order forbidding something, especially trade with another country. verbod حَظْر، حَجْر، مَنْع التَّعامُل مع دَوْلَه ембарго embargo embargo; blokade das Embargo εμπάργκο embargo embargo تحریم اقتصادی؛ منع تجارت kielto embargo הֶסגֵר व्यापार प्रतिषेध staviti zabranu embargó embargo hafnbann; viðskiptabann embargo 通商禁止 입출항 금지 명령, 무역 제한 embargas embargo, aizliegums sekatan embargo (eksport-/import)forbud, embargo embargo restrição em­bar­go эмбарго embargo prepoved (trgovanja) embargo embargo การสั่งห้ามค้าขาย ambargo 貿易禁令 ембарго, заборона سرکاری پابندی تجارت وغیرہ سے متعلق lệnh cấm vận 令;


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After submitting as long as she could to lay an embargo on the use of her tongue, Mrs.
I had not yet seen it, and upon this notice of an intended invasion, I avoided appearing on that side of the coast, for fear of being discovered, by some of the enemy's ships, who had received no intelligence of me; all intercourse between the two empires having been strictly forbidden during the war, upon pain of death, and an embargo laid by our emperor upon all vessels whatsoever.
I therefore place no embargo upon the return of my wife to Dorset House.
 
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