English
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Etymology
From S. embargar 'to arrest'.

Pronunciation
(US) IPA|:/�m�b�rgo�/
:rhymes|��(r)ɡ��

Noun
en-noun|es

1. An order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port.
2. A ban on trade with another country.

#*2004: w: Chris Wallace (journalist)|Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
#*: Instead he [Jefferson] proposed an embargo, an end to all trade between America and England.

1. A temporary ban on making certain information public.

#*This copy of the federal budget is under embargo until 2 p.m.

Translations
Italian: embargo#Italian|embargo m

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ttbc|German: Embargo n

Verb
en-verb|embargoes|embargoing|embargoed|embargoed

1. transitive To impose an embargo on trading certain goods with another country.
2. transitive To impose an embargo on a document.

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals

Crimean Tatar

Etymology
S.|crh embargo#Spanish|embargo.

Noun
embargo

1. embargo#English|embargo.

Declension
crh-latin-noun|nıñ|ga|nı|da|dan

References
R:Useinov-Mireev 2002

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

Italian
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Noun
it-noun|embarg|m|o|hi

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