embargo
verb/ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/
/ɪmˈbɑːrɡəʊ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embargo | /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊ/ /ɪmˈbɑːrɡəʊ/ |
| he / she / it embargoes | /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊz/ /ɪmˈbɑːrɡəʊz/ |
| past simple embargoed | /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊd/ /ɪmˈbɑːrɡəʊd/ |
| past participle embargoed | /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊd/ /ɪmˈbɑːrɡəʊd/ |
| -ing form embargoing | /ɪmˈbɑːɡəʊɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbɑːrɡəʊɪŋ/ |
- embargo something to officially ban trade with another country synonym boycott
- There have been calls to embargo all arms shipments to the region.
- [usually passive] to officially ban publication of something
- be embargoed (for something) The report is strictly embargoed for publication until Friday.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Spanish, from embargar ‘arrest’, based on Latin in- ‘in, within’ + barra ‘a bar’.
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