Meaning of "embargo" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMBARGO

From Spanish, from embargar, from Latin im- + barrabar1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF EMBARGO

embargo  [ɛmˈbɑːɡəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMBARGO

Embargo is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb embargo in English.

WHAT DOES EMBARGO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Embargo

An embargo is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country. Embargoes are considered strong diplomatic measures imposed in an effort, by the imposing country, to elicit a given national-interest result from the country on which it is imposed. Embargoes are similar to economic sanctions and are generally considered legal barriers to trade, not to be confused with blockades, which are often considered to be acts of war. In response to embargoes, an independent economy or autarky often develops in an area subjected to heavy embargo. Effectiveness of embargoes is thus in proportion to the extent and degree of international participation.

Definition of embargo in the English dictionary

The first definition of embargo in the dictionary is a government order prohibiting the departure or arrival of merchant ships in its ports. Other definition of embargo is any legal stoppage of commerce. Embargo is also a restraint, hindrance, or prohibition.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO EMBARGO

PRESENT

Present

I embargo

you embargo

he/she/it embargoes

we embargo

you embargo

they embargo

Present continuous

I am embargoing

you are embargoing

he/she/it is embargoing

we are embargoing

you are embargoing

they are embargoing

Present perfect

I have embargoed

you have embargoed

he/she/it has embargoed

we have embargoed

you have embargoed

they have embargoed

Present perfect continuous

I have been embargoing

you have been embargoing

he/she/it has been embargoing

we have been embargoing

you have been embargoing

they have been embargoing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I embargoed

you embargoed

he/she/it embargoed

we embargoed

you embargoed

they embargoed

Past continuous

I was embargoing

you were embargoing

he/she/it was embargoing

we were embargoing

you were embargoing

they were embargoing

Past perfect

I had embargoed

you had embargoed

he/she/it had embargoed

we had embargoed

you had embargoed

they had embargoed

Past perfect continuous

I had been embargoing

you had been embargoing

he/she/it had been embargoing

we had been embargoing

you had been embargoing

they had been embargoing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will embargo

you will embargo

he/she/it will embargo

we will embargo

you will embargo

they will embargo

Future continuous

I will be embargoing

you will be embargoing

he/she/it will be embargoing

we will be embargoing

you will be embargoing

they will be embargoing

Future perfect

I will have embargoed

you will have embargoed

he/she/it will have embargoed

we will have embargoed

you will have embargoed

they will have embargoed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been embargoing

you will have been embargoing

he/she/it will have been embargoing

we will have been embargoing

you will have been embargoing

they will have been embargoing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would embargo

you would embargo

he/she/it would embargo

we would embargo

you would embargo

they would embargo

Conditional continuous

I would be embargoing

you would be embargoing

he/she/it would be embargoing

we would be embargoing

you would be embargoing

they would be embargoing

Conditional perfect

I would have embargo

you would have embargo

he/she/it would have embargo

we would have embargo

you would have embargo

they would have embargo

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been embargoing

you would have been embargoing

he/she/it would have been embargoing

we would have been embargoing

you would have been embargoing

they would have been embargoing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you embargo
we let´s embargo
you embargo

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to embargo

Past participle

embargoed

Present Participle

embargoing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «EMBARGO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «embargo» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of embargo

ban · bar · barrier · blacklist · block · blockage · boycott · check · debar · hindrance · impede · impediment · interdict · interdiction · moratorium · ostracize · prohibit · prohibition · proscribe · proscription · rahui · restraint · restrict · restriction · stop · stoppage

TRANSLATION OF EMBARGO

Find out the translation of embargo to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of embargo from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «embargo» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 贸易禁运
• Translator English - Spanish: embargo
• English: embargo
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रतिबंध
• Translator English - Arabic: الحصار
• Translator English - Russian: эмбарго
• Translator English - Portuguese: embargo
• Translator English - Bengali: নিষেধাজ্ঞা
• Translator English - French: embargo
• Translator English - Malay: Embargo
• Translator English - German: Embargo
• Translator English - Japanese: 通商停止
• Translator English - Korean: 통상 금지
• Translator English - Javanese: Embargo
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lệnh cấm vận
• Translator English - Tamil: தடை
• Translator English - Marathi: प्रतिबंध
• Translator English - Turkish: ambargo
• Translator English - Italian: embargo
• Translator English - Polish: embargo
• Translator English - Ukrainian: ембарго
• Translator English - Romanian: embargo
• Translator English - Greek: εμπάργκο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: embargo
• Translator English - Swedish: embargo
• Translator English - Norwegian: embargo

5 QUOTES WITH «EMBARGO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word embargo.

1

Paul Berg

Paradoxically, no such embargo exists for the drugs and therapies that have revolutionized the treatment of serious diseases although many of them were created with the same technologies.

2

Lincoln Diaz-Balart

One of the achievements of which I am most proud was the codification, the writing into U.S. law, of the U.S. embargo on the Castro dictatorship.

3

George William Norris

Fourth, we might have declared an embargo against the shipping from American ports of any merchandise to either one of these governments that persisted in maintaining its military zone.

4

Shimon Peres

And in England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all Englishmen, and anti-Israeli, in the establishment. They abstained in the 1947 UN partition resolution... They maintained an arms embargo against us in the 1950s... They always worked against us. They think the Arabs are the underdogs.

5

Jacques Verges

Well, I know that 500,000 children died in Iraq because of the embargo.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMBARGO»

Discover the use of embargo in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to embargo and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Embargo: apartheid's oil secrets revealed

Embargo is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of oil sanctions.

Richard Hengeveld, Jaap Rodenburg, Shipping Research Bureau (Amsterdam, Netherlands), 1995

Economic Warfare: Sanctions, Embargo Busting, and Their ...

This eye-opening account of the futility of forcing political change through economic pressure describes countless cases in which economic warfare repeatedly failed to achieve its stated goals and actually caused substantial harm to ...

R. T. Naylor, 1999

Economic Cold War: America's Embargo Against China and the ...

This book examines how and why the United States and its allies instituted economic sanctions against the People's Republic of China in the 1950s, and how the embargo affected Chinese domestic policy and the Sino-Soviet alliance.

Shu Guang Zhang, 2001

Cuba: Confronting the U.S. Embargo

Details and analyses the effects of the U.S. embargo on Cuban society and the response of Cuba and its population to overcoming its consequences.

Peter Schwab, 2000

From Embargo to Ostpolitik: The Political Economy of West ...

Examines the development of Soviet-West German relations from both the Russian and German sides.

Angela E. Stent, 2003

Fighting the War of Embargo

Chapter 4 EMBARGO BY MINISTERS OF GOD MOSES UPON KORAH, DATHAN AND ABIRAM Number 16:1-5 "Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of ...

Emmanuel O. Awowole, 2010

Cuban Exiles on the Trade Embargo: Interviews

The majority of the exiled community appears to be evenly split between keeping the embargo ver- sus dismantling it, yet the exiled political leadership has maintained a hard-line pro-embargo stance, as reflected in its unwavering support for ...

Edward J. González, 2007

Embargo Disimplemented: South Africa's Military Industry

Landgren reveals that multinational corporations in France, West Germany, Israel, Italy, Britain, and America have been important sources of military technology for South Africa, and illustrates the degree of both self-sufficiency and ...

Signe Landgren, 1989

Economic Sanctions: Agencies Face Competing Priorities in ...

The report contained recommendations to tighten the embargo and prepare U.S. agencies to assist the Cuban people in a transition to democracy. For example, the report recommended restrictions on the frequency and duration of family visits  ...

David Gootnick

The Cuban Embargo: The Domestic Politics of an American ...

that the embargo will wither away, eroding over time as a growing bipartisan coalition in Congress, made up ofa patchwork of farm state legislators, probusiness and free trade Republicans, liberal Democrats who have always disliked the ...

Patrick Jude Haney, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMBARGO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term embargo is used in the context of the following news items.

Russia wants Iran arms embargo ended as soon as possible

The arms embargo is among stumbling blocks at talks in Vienna between Iran and six major powers, including Russia, on curbing Tehran's ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»

Iran nuke talks snag over lifting arms embargo

Efforts to wrap up a nuclear agreement between Iran and world powers by Friday have hit a new snag over arms embargoes against Tehran ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»

Marco Rubio's Embarrassing Defense of Cuban Embargo

Before the Obama administration ended it last year, the Cuba embargo had virtually no support among foreign-policy experts of any ideological ... «New York Magazine, Jul 15»

UN peacekeeping chief pushes for South Sudan arms embargo

"There should be a decision about an arms embargo because it is really completely questionable that the very meager resources that the ... «News24, Jul 15»

Russia wants Iran`s arms embargo `lifted as soon as possible`: Lavrov

Moscow: Russia wants to see a United Nations arms embargo against Iran lifted "as soon as possible" but it is up to Tehran to accept the terms ... «Zee News, Jul 15»

No easing of Russian embargo for Greek products

Russia is not considering easing its embargo on imports of certain Western food products for Greece, Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said ... «Kathimerini, Jul 15»

Taraba Gov Places Embargo On Employment

The governor of Taraba State, Mr Darius Ishaku has placed embargo on employment, with a view to harmonising the civil service. Ishaku in a ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»

Russia Will Not Exclude Greece from EU Food Embargo

UFA, Russia – Russia will not exclude Greece from the embargo imposed against food imports from European Union countries in response to EU sanctions ... «Latin American Herald Tribune, Jul 15»

Russia increased onion imports in 2014, despite embargo

Interestingly, not only did the introduction of the embargo not have a negative impact on the balance of imports for this vegetable, but there was ... «FreshPlaza, Jul 15»

Arms embargo against Iran may be maintained for 2 to 8 years …

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-SC, says Benghazi committee may have voted this week to release Sidney Blumenthal transcript had Secretary of State ... «BreakingNews.com, Jul 15»