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embargo

Portuguese, noun/ẽˈbaʁ.ɡu/

embargo is spelled E-M-B-A-R-G-O (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,653rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Embargo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “embargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “recurso judicial para impedir a execução de uma sentença até que seja feita uma revisão do julgamento”.

What does embargo mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineembargo (an order by the government prohibiting ships from leaving port)

  2. 2

    masculineembargo (a ban on trade with another country)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. recurso judicial para impedir a execução de uma sentença até que seja feita uma revisão do julgamento 2. decisão judicial de impedir o prosseguimento de uma atividade, como a construção de uma obra ou a saída de um navio do porto 3. restrição ao comércio com algum país 4. obstáculo, empecilho

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of embargo

  • embargos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce embargo?

  • Brazil /ẽˈbaʁ.ɡu/
  • Brazil [ẽˈbaɦ.ɡu]
  • Brazil /ĩˈbaʁ.ɡu/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to embargo

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is embargo in Portuguese?

embargo appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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