embargo

Etymology

From Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from late Latin *imbarricāre (“to bar”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar, barrier”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡəʊ

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.

4. 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;...

Verb

embargo (third-person singular simple present embargoes, present participle embargoing, simple 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.
   • 2023 July 4, “Introduction of the Lease Agreements for Retail Premises Bill”, in Ministry of Trade and Industry‎:

     Embargoed until after first reading in Parliament

Anagrams

• Bergamo

Noun

embargo f

1. embargo

Etymology

From Spanish embargo.

Noun

embargo

1. embargo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛmbarɡo]
• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

Further reading

• “embargo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “embargo”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛmˈbɑr.ɣoː/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo n (plural embargo's, diminutive embargootje n)

1. embargo (order prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)

   Synonym: handelsembargo

3. embargo (temporary ban or restriction on making certain information public)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [emˈbarɡo]
• Rhymes: -arɡo
• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo (accusative singular embargon, plural embargoj, accusative plural embargojn)

1. embargo

Etymology

From Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈb̥ɑrɡ̊o/, [emˈb̥ɑrɡ̊o]
• Rhymes: -ɑrɡo
• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo (genitive embargo, partitive embargot)

1. embargo (ban on the export or import of goods)
2. embargo (order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)

References

• embargo in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “embargo”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Etymology

From Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈembɑrɡo/, [ˈe̞mbɑ̝rɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -embɑrɡo
• Hyphenation^(key): em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo

1. embargo

Further reading

• “embargo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.baʁ.ɡo/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo

Further reading

• “embargo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Noun

embargo (plural embargi)

1. embargo

Etymology

From Dutch embargo, from Spanish embargo or French embargo (itself from Spanish), from Spanish embargar (“to arrest”), from Latin in- + Vulgar Latin *barra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛmˈbarɡo]
• Hyphenation: èm‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo (plural embargo-embargo)

1. embargo:
   1. an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
   2. a ban on trade with another country.
   3. a temporary ban on making certain information public.

Further reading

• “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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈbar.ɡo/
• Rhymes: -arɡo
• Hyphenation: em‧bàr‧go

Noun

embargo m (plural embarghi)

1. embargo

Anagrams

• Bergamo, gambero

Noun

embargo m (^??? please provide the declension type!)

1. embargo

Noun

embárgo

1. genitive singular of embárgas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish embargo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛmˈbar.ɡɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arɡɔ
• Syllabification: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo (order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (ban on trade with another country)
3. embargo (temporary ban on making certain information public)

Further reading

• embargo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• embargo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: em‧bar‧go

Noun

embargo m (plural embargos)

1. embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
2. embargo (a ban on trade with another country)

Etymology

Borrowed from French embargo.

Noun

embargo n (plural embargouri)

1. embargo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈembarɡɔ]

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo

Further reading

• “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, 2003–2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈbaɾɡo/ [ẽmˈbaɾ.ɣ̞o]
• Rhymes: -aɾɡo
• Syllabification: em‧bar‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from embargar.

Etymology 2

Further reading

• “embargo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Noun

embargo n

1. embargo

References

• embargo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• embargo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• embargo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)