embargo

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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.
4. A heavy burden or severe constraint on action or expenditure.

Verb

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

Concepts

embargo

blocus

confiscation

interdiction

tabou

prohibition

Synonymes

ban

prohibition

restriction

boycott

trade stoppage

trade embargo

release

disallow

disavow

disclaim

disown

forbid

forbiddance

foreclosure

impediment

interdict

interdiction

abjure

nix

outlaw

prohibit

proscribe

recant

refuse

requisition

seizure

taboo

trade barrier

veto

economic blockade

inhibition

prevention

negate

abnegate

bar

commandeer

contradict

debar

deny

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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