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embargo

Pronunciation: /emˈbaɾɡo/

“embargo” is a Spanish word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. embargo
  2. trade embargo
  3. distraint
  4. seizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
  5. foreclosure
  6. repossession

In Spanish

  1. Ocupación, aprehensión o retención de los bienes de una persona hecha con mandamiento de juez competente por razón de deuda o delito.
  2. Indigestión, empacho en el estómago.

Etymology

Deverbal from embargar.

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