noun/verbpl: embargoes or embargos
embargos
1. Official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country
The government imposed embargoes on imports from hostile nations.
O governo impôs embargos sobre importações de nações hostis.
2. Third person singular present tense of embargo: to officially prohibit trade or commercial activity
The country embargoes all weapons shipments to the region.
O país embarga todos os envios de armas para a região.
3. A legal seizure or impounding of goods
The customs officer embargoes the suspicious cargo pending investigation.
O oficial de alfândega embarga a carga suspeita pendente de investigação.
Related Idioms & Phrases
lift an embargo - remover um embargo
impose an embargo - impor um embargo
trade embargo - embargo comercial
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