embargo
Spanish, noun
embargo is spelled E-M-B-A-R-G-O (7 letters) and appears 302 times per million words in written Spanish, the 264th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embargo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “embargo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of embargar. With an accent, embargó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of embargar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ocupación, aprehensión o retención de los bienes de una persona hecha con mandamiento de juez competente por…”.
What does embargo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineembargo
- 2
masculinetrade embargo
- 3
masculinedistraint
- 4
masculineseizure, freezing (juridical detention of goods)
- 5
masculineforeclosure
- 6
masculinerepossession
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of embargar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of embargar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 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.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of embargo
- embargos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to embargo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is embargo in Spanish?
embargo appears 302 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).