The U.S. is calling for an arms embargo against violators of the treaty.
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Embargo
//ɪmˈbɑɹɡoʊ//
Synonyms for "embargo" (113 found)
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Related words (56)
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110 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Arabic
2 entries- حَصَار noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- حَظْر noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Armenian
2 entries- բեռնարգելք noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- էմբարգո noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- embarqo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Belarusian
4 entries- эмба́рга noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- эмба́рга noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- эмба́рга noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- эмба́рга noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
Bulgarian
1 entries- емба́рго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Catalan
4 entries- embarg noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embarg noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- embargament noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargament noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 封港令 noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- 禁運 /禁运 noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Czech
2 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Danish
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Esperanto
2 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Estonian
2 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Faroese
1 entries- handilsbann noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Finnish
4 entries- embargo noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
- julkistamiskielto noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
- kauppasaarto noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- saarto noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
French
3 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- embargo noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
Georgian
1 entries- ემბარგო noun (a ban on trade with another country)
German
4 entries- Ausfuhrsperre noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- Beschlagnahme noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- Embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- Embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Greek
1 entries- εμπάργκο noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Hebrew
4 entries- אֶמְבַּרְגּוֹ noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- אֶמְבַּרְגּוֹ noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- חֵרֶם noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- חֵרֶם noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Hindi
2 entries- घाटबंधी noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- प्रतिबंध noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Hungarian
1 entries- embargó noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Icelandic
2 entries- hafnbann noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- viðskiptabann noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Ido
1 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
Italian
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Japanese
2 entries- 出港停止 noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- 禁輸 noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Kazakh
1 entries- эмбарго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Khmer
1 entries- និន្និវារណ៍ noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Korean
4 entries- 금수 noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- 금수조치 noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- 엠바고 noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- 출항정지 noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- эмбарго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Latvian
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Lithuanian
1 entries- embargas noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Macedonian
1 entries- емба́рго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Māori
3 entries- herepū noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- herepū noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- herepū noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- ambargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- ambargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- ambargo noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Persian
2 entries- تحریم noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- تحریم noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Polish
3 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- embargo noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
Portuguese
3 entries- bloqueio noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Romanian
2 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Russian
4 entries- блока́да noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- запре́т noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
- эмба́рго noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- эмба́рго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- èmbārgo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- ѐмба̄рго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Slovak
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Slovene
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Spanish
2 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Swedish
3 entries- embargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- handelsembargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Tagalog
2 entries- pagpigil noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- pagpigil noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Tajik
3 entries- таҳрим noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- эмбарго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- қадаған noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Thai
2 entries- การห้ามสินค้า noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- การห้ามเรือ noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Turkish
3 entries- ambargo noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- ambargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- ambargo noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
Ukrainian
3 entries- емба́рго noun (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)
- емба́рго noun (a ban on trade with another country)
- емба́рго noun (a temporary ban on making certain information public)
Uzbek
1 entries- embargo noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Vietnamese
1 entries- cấm vận noun (a ban on trade with another country)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
Opposition to the embargo was growing.
Source: tatoeba (807328)
The United States needed ten years of embargo in order to weaken Iraq.
Source: tatoeba (2431698)
Do you think there's any possibility that the embargo will be lifted soon?
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